Fourth Section
PROCEDURE

Article 81
Annually, on the first working day of September, the President shall address the National Assembly on the policy to be followed by the Government.

Article 82
All meetings of the National Assembly shall be held in public, except in special cases when it decides to convene behind closed doors.

Article 83

1. The National Assembly may not commence deliberation or take decisions if no more than one half its members are present.
2. All decisions of the National Assembly, except those regarding the amendment of the Constitution, the election of the President, the decision to organize plebiscite and to hold a People’s Assembly, and those regarding the amendment of the Law on Elections as well as the case described in Article 83, paragraph (4), shall be taken by an absolute majority of votes.
3. For the amendment of the Constitution, the election of the President, the decision to organize a plebiscite and a People’s Assembly, and for the amendment of the Law on Elections, a majority of at least 2/3 of the number of members of the National Assembly shall be required.

Article 84

1. If, at a meeting attended by all those who are at that moment members of the National Assembly, the votes are equally divided, the proposal shall be regarded as not having been passed.
2. If, at a meeting not attended by all those who are at the moment members of the National Assembly, the votes are equally divided, the decision shall be postponed until a subsequent meeting. In that meeting the proposal is, if the votes are equally divided, regarded as not having been passed.
3. Voting is oral and by roll call, but when persons are to be appointed or nominated, voting is by closed and unsigned voting papers.
4. The meeting can decide by at least two thirds of the votes cast that a specific matter shall be voted by closed and unsigned voting papers.

Article 85

1. The Government shall provide the National Assembly with the requested information either in writing or orally. It can be invited by the National Assembly to attend the meeting.
2. The Government can attend meetings of the National Assembly as well as the People’s Assembly. It has an advisory vote in those meetings. It can be assisted in the meetings by experts.

Article 86
The law regulates the financial provisions for the benefit of the members and former members of the national Assembly and their surviving relatives.

Article 87

1. The National Assembly appoints, suspends and discharges its clerk. The clerk may not at the same time be a member of the National Assembly.
2. The law regulates his position.