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THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
(Revised Text)
I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
These Rules of Procedure shall regulate the organization and work of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (hereinafter referred to as the National Assembly) and the manner of exercising the rights and duties of Deputies.
Article 2
The National Assembly shall be represented by the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
Article 3
The seal of the National Assembly shall be round with the coat-of-arms of the Republic of Serbia at the centre and with the inscription in the Cyrillic script around it ‘Republic of Serbia – National Assembly’.
II CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
1. Convening of the first session of the National Assembly
Article 4
The first session of the National Assembly after the general elections shall be convened by the Chairperson of the Assembly from the previous convocation on the date following the date of the submission of the report by the Republic Electoral Commission on the conducted elections.
Article 5
The first session of the National Assembly pending the election of Chairperson of the National Assembly shall be chaired by the oldest Deputy (Chairman).
The Chairman and/or the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall be assisted in his work by the youngest Deputy from each of the four electoral lists that polled the largest number of seats and by the Secretary of the National Assembly.
Article 6
At the first session of the National Assembly the mandates of Deputies shall be verified, the Chairperson, the Vice Chairpersons and the members of the working bodies of the National Assembly shall be elected and the National Assembly’s Secretary shall be appointed.
2. Verification of the Deputies’ mandates
Article 7
Deputies shall acquire rights and duties in the National Assembly on the date of verification of their mandates.
The verification of the mandates of Deputies shall be done based on the certificate attesting to the election as Deputy and the report of the Republic Electoral Commission on the conducted elections within 30 days from the date of the elections.
The National Assembly shall, at the constituting session at the proposal of the Chairman by the majority of votes of Deputies, set up a three-member Commission, namely including one member from each of the three electoral lists that won the largest number of Deputy’s mandates in the National Assembly. The Commission shall be chaired by the oldest member.
Based on the report of the Republic Electoral Commission, the Commission shall establish whether the data from the certificate attesting to the election of each Deputy are identical to those contained in the report of the Republic Electoral Commission and whether the certificates have been issued by the competent authorities and shall submit a report thereon to the National Assembly.
Article 8
Based on the report of the Commission from Article 7, Paragraph 4 of these Rules of Procedure, the Chairman of the constitutive session of the National Assembly shall note that the Republic Electoral Commission has presented a report on the conducted elections and indicate which certificates attesting to the election of Deputies are in accordance with the report whereby the mandates of these Deputies shall be verified.
Article 9
The National Assembly may work and make decisions after the mandates of more than a half of the Deputies have been verified.
3. Election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson and appointment of the Secretary of the National Assembly
a) Election of the Chairperson of the National Assembly
Article 10
At least 30 Deputies may nominate a candidate for Chairperson of the National Assembly.
A Deputy may take part in the nomination of only one candidate.
The nomination shall include: the family name and the given name of the candidate; curriculum vitae; party affiliation; the family name and the given name of the Rapporteur; the explanatory note and the candidate’s written consent.
Article 11
The nomination of a candidate for the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall be submitted to the Chairman in writing.
The Chairman shall communicate to the Deputies all the received nominations of candidates for Chairperson of the National Assembly.
On behalf of the mover, the mover’s Rapporteur shall have the right to give an explanation on the nomination.
A debate shall be opened on the nomination of a candidate for Chairperson of the National Assembly.
After the debate is over, the Chairman shall prepare a list of candidates for Chairperson of the National Assembly in the alphabetical order of their family names.
Article 12
Before the National Assembly proceeds to elect its Chairperson, the National Assembly shall decide whether to vote by secret or by open ballot.
A Deputy may vote for only one candidate.
Article 13
If the National Assembly decides on open voting, the vote will be taken by the roll call of Deputies.
Article 14
Voting by secret ballot for the election of the Chairperson of the National Assembly will take place according to the provisions of these Rules of Procedure on making decisions in the National Assembly by secret ballot.
The Chairman of the National Assembly’s session shall direct the vote by secret ballot and shall be assisted by the youngest Deputy from each of the four voting lists that won the largest number of seats and by the Secretary of the National Assembly.
The candidate for the Chairperson of the National Assembly may not direct the vote nor assist in the direction process.
Article 15
The Deputy who polls the majority of votes cast by the Deputies present shall be elected Chairperson of the National Assembly.
If two candidates have been nominated and neither wins the required majority of votes cast, the election procedure shall be repeated.
If more than two candidates have been nominated and none wins the required majority of the votes cast, the vote shall be repeated on the two candidates who polled the largest number of votes, i.e. on several candidates who polled the largest equal number of votes.
If the Chairperson of the National Assembly is not elected in the second round either, the election procedure shall be repeated.
b) Election of Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly
Article 16
The National Assembly shall have not more than five (5) Vice Chairpersons.
Whenever the National Assembly is constituted, it shall determine the number of its Vice Chairpersons by a special decision at the proposal of its Chairperson.
Article 17
At least thirty (30) Deputies may nominate one or several candidates as Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly but up to the number to be elected.
The nomination shall include the family names and the given names of the candidates, curricula vitae; party affiliation, the name of the Rapporteur; explanatory note and the candidates’ written consent.
Article 18
The nomination of the candidate for Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the National Assembly in writing.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall communicate to the Deputies all the nominations received.
On behalf of the mover, the mover’s Rapporteur shall have the right to give an explanation on the nomination.
A debate shall be held on the nomination of a candidate.
After the debate, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall prepare a list of candidates for Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly in alphabetical order of their family names.
Article 19
Before the vote on the Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly, the National Assembly shall decide whether the vote will be done by secret or by open ballot.
Deputies shall vote openly for each candidate individually by show of hands or by roll call.
When the Deputies vote openly by roll call and the number of nominated candidates is larger than the number to be elected, each Deputy shall vote for not more than the number of candidates to be elected.
Article 20
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall administer the vote by secret ballot for the election of Vice-Chairpersons of the National Assembly and shall be assisted by the youngest Deputy from each of the four electoral lists that polled the largest number of seats and by the Secretary of the National Assembly.
A candidate for Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly may not assist the Chairperson of the National Assembly in administering the vote.
Article 21
The vote by secret ballot for Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly shall take place under the provisions of these Rules of Procedure on the adoption of decisions by the National Assembly by secret ballot.
One may vote for not more than the number of candidates to be elected, from among the candidates whose names are indicated on the voting slip.
Article 22
The candidate who wins the majority of votes cast by the Deputies present shall be elected Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly.
If the number of candidates nominated equals the number to be elected and the envisaged number of Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly has not been elected, the election procedure shall be repeated for the number of Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly who have not been elected.
If the number of candidates nominated exceeds the number to be elected and the envisaged number of Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly is not elected, the vote shall be repeated for the number of Vice Chairpersons who have not been elected, from among the remaining candidates.
If not even in the second round the envisaged number of Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly is elected, the election procedure shall be repeated for the number of Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly who have not been elected.
c) Appointment of the Secretary of the National Assembly
Article 23
The candidates for Secretary of the National Assembly shall be nominated by the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
The nomination shall include: the family name and the given name of the candidate; curriculum vitae, explanatory note and the candidate’s written consent.
4. How Deputies’ Groups are formed
Article 24
Deputies’ Groups in the National Assembly shall be formed, as a rule, not later than seven (7) days upon the date of the election of the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
A Deputies’ Group shall include the Deputies of one political party, another political organization or group of citizens that has at least five (5) Deputies.
A Deputies’ Group of at least five (5) members may be established, by association, also by the Deputies belonging to the political parties, other political organizations or groups of citizens that have less than five (5) Deputies.
A Deputies’ Group shall be established in the following manner: a list of members signed by each member of the Deputies’ Group shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the National Assembly. The list shall indicate in particular the Chairman of the Deputies’ Group and the Deputy Chairman.
A Deputy may be a member of only one Deputies’ Group.
5. How Committees of the National Assembly are formed
Article 25
Deputies’ Groups shall nominate members of each Committee in proportion to the number of Deputies that they have in the National Assembly.
If a Deputies’ Group does not nominate candidates for the election of the Committee members, the Committee shall be formed as it has been elected based on the proposals of the Deputies’ Groups that proposed their candidates. This composition, if more than a half of the Committee members have been elected as stipulated by these Rules, shall be considered as full composition when it comes to establishing the quorum for work and decision-making.
A Deputy may be a member of several Committees.
Article 26
The proposed list for the election of members of the Committee shall be decided upon in one go, by open voting.
The Committee shall be elected if the majority of the Deputies present vote for it.
If the Committee is not elected, the procedure shall be repeated.
Article 27
The first sitting of the Committee shall be convened by the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
Pending the election of the Committee’s Chairman, the first sitting shall be chaired by the oldest Committee member.
At its first sitting, the Committee shall elect the Committee’s Chairman and Deputy Chairman from among its members.
III CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIRPERSONS AND THE SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
1. Chairperson of the National Assembly
Article 28
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall:
- perform the duties envisaged by the Constitution;
- preside over the sessions of the National Assembly;
- see to the application of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly;
- see to the timely and coordinated work of the working bodies of the National Assembly;
- perform other duties stipulated by law and by these Rules of Procedure.
Article 29
The term of office of the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall be terminated even prior to its expiry: upon his resignation, relief of duty or termination of the mandate of Deputy.
In case the Chairperson of the National Assembly tenders his resignation, his term of office shall be terminated on the date of the session at which he does so i.e. at the first next session of the National Assembly if he tenders his resignation in between two sessions.
No debate shall be held about the tendered resignation, nor shall any decision be taken thereon. The termination of the term of office based on these grounds shall only be taken note of.
Article 30
The National Assembly may relieve of duty the Chairperson of the National Assembly even before the expiry of the term of office for which he has been elected in a procedure stipulated for the election of Chairperson of the National Assembly.
Article 31
In case the term of office of the Chairperson of the National Assembly is terminated prior to its expiry, the National Assembly shall at the same and at the first next session at the latest initiate the procedure for the election of Chairperson of the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of these Rules.
If the term of office of the Chairperson of the National Assembly has been terminated prior to its expiry, the duty of Chairperson of the National Assembly, pending the election of a new Chairperson, shall be performed by the oldest Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly.
If the Chairperson of the National Assembly is elected by secret ballot, the voting shall be directed by the oldest Vice Chairperson who shall be assisted by other Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly and by the Secretary of the National Assembly.
The candidate for Chairperson of the National Assembly may not administer the vote or assist in its administration.
2. Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly
Article 32
Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly shall assist its Chairperson in performing the duties falling within his competence.
In case the Chairperson of the National Assembly is temporarily prevented, one of the Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly designated by him shall stand in for him, on which the Chairperson shall inform all the Vice Chairpersons and the Secretary of the National Assembly.
If the Chairperson of the National Assembly does not designate any of the Vice Chairperson to stand in for him in case of temporary absence, the oldest Vice Chairperson shall stand in for him.
Article 33
The term of office of the Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly shall be terminated before its expiry: upon resignation, termination of mandate as a Deputy, according to the procedure and in the manner stipulated for the termination of the term of office of Chairperson of the National Assembly.
In case of termination of the term of office of the Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly prior to its expiry, the election of the Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly shall take place under the procedure and in the manner stipulated for the election of Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly.
3. Secretary of the National Assembly
Article 34
The Secretary of the National Assembly shall:
- assist the Chairperson and the Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly in preparing and chairing of sessions;
- run the National Assembly Service;
- take care of the implementation of the National Assembly’s conclusions;
- perform other duties stipulated by law and by these Rules of Procedure.
Article 35
The Secretary of the National Assembly shall be appointed by the National Assembly. His term of office shall cease upon the constitution of a newly elected National Assembly. He shall discharge his functions until the appointment of a new Secretary.
The Secretary of the National Assembly shall have a Deputy who shall assist him and stand in for him in case of absence. The Deputy Secretary shall be appointed by the National Assembly at the proposal of the Administrative Committee and his term of office shall cease with the constitution of a newly elected National Assembly.
The Secretary shall report to the National Assembly.
Article 36
The term of office of the Secretary of the National Assembly shall be terminated prior to its expiry: upon resignation or upon relief of office.
Pending the appointment of a new Secretary of the National Assembly, the duty of Secretary shall be performed by the Deputy Secretary.
IV DEPUTIES’ GROUPS
Article 37
A Deputies’ Group shall take part in the work of the National Assembly in the manner laid down by these Rules of Procedure.
Article 38
A Deputies’ Group shall be represented by the Chairman of the Deputies’ Group.
A Deputies’ Group shall have its Deputy Chairman who shall stand in for the Chairman in case of his absence.
During a session of the National Assembly, a Deputies’ Group may authorize one of its members to represent the Deputies’ Group in connection with a particular agenda item of which the Chairman of the Deputies’ Group shall notify the Chairperson of the National Assembly not later than before the opening of the debate on that particular agenda item.
If a Deputies’ Group is represented by its Deputy Chairman or the authorized representative, he shall take over the powers of the Chairman of the Deputies’ Group.
Article 39
The Chairman of a Deputies’ Group shall notify the Chairperson of the National Assembly of the change in the composition of the Deputies’ Group.
When new members join a Deputies’ Group, the Chairman of the Deputies’ Group shall communicate to the Chairperson of the National Assembly their signed statements of accession.
Article 40
Expert and administrative-technical duties for the needs of the Deputies’ Groups shall be carried out by the National Assembly’s Service.
V COMMITTEES AND OTHER WORKING BODIES OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
1. General provisions
Article 41
Committees shall be established to consider and review issues falling within the National Assembly’s competence, put forward acts as well as take stock of the policies pursued and of the implementation of laws, other regulations and by-laws by the Government of the Republic of Serbia in the field for which every Committee is responsible, and in order to perform other duties determined by these Rules.
A Committee may appoint its Sub-Committees.
The National Assembly may set up review committees and commissions.
Sessions of Committees, Boards of Inquiry and Commissions shall be held, as a rule, on Mondays and Fridays. Sessions may be held on other days if the Chairperson of the National Assembly should approve it.
Article 42
The number of members of a Committee shall be determined by these Rules of Procedure. The number of members of other working bodies shall be determined by a decision on their establishment.
The Deputies who are members of the Government may not be members of any Committees.
Article 43
During the term of office of a member of the Committee at the proposal of a Deputies’ Group, the National Assembly may relieve of duty a member of the Committee from among the members of that Deputies’ Group even before the expiry of his term of office and may elect a new Committee member. The National Assembly shall decide on the relief of duty and election of a new member of the Committee at the first next sitting following the communication of the relevant proposal by the Deputies’ Group.
In case of termination of the term of office of a member of the Committee by his own will or the will of the Deputies’ Group he belongs to, it shall be deemed that the remaining members of the Committee, pending the election of a new member, represent the Committee’s full membership. However, their number must be larger than a half of the number of the Committee’s members laid down by these Rules.
2. Standing Committees
Article 44
The Standing Committees shall be:
1. Committee on Constitutional Issues;
2. Legislation Committee;
3. Committee on Defense and Security;
4. Committee on Foreign Affairs;
5. Committee on Justice and Administration;
6. Committee on Interethnic Relations;
7. Committee on Relations with the Serbs Living Outside Serbia;
8. Committee on Development and Foreign Economic Relations;
9. Committee on Finance;
10. Committee on Industry;
11. Committee on Transport and Communications;
12. Committee on Urban Planning and Civil Engineering;
13. Committee on Agriculture;
14. Committee on Trade and Tourism;
15. Committee on Privatisation;
16. Committee on Kosovo and Metohija;
17. Committee on Health and the Family;
18. Committee on Environmental Protection;
19. Committee on Education;
20. Committee on Youth and Sports;
21. Committee on Culture and Information;
22. Committee on Science and Technological Development;
23. Committee on Labour, War Veterans’ and Social Affairs;
24. Committee on Representations and Proposals;
25. Administrative Committee.
Article 45
The Committee on Constitutional Issues shall consider any proposed amendment to the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia; proposed amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Statutes of the Autonomous Provinces in the procedure for granting approval of the National Assembly; proposal for initiating the procedure of recall of the President of the Republic; as well as any issues concerning the application of the Constitution in principle.
The Committee Chairman shall be the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
The Committee shall have twenty-five (25) members.
Article 46
The Legislation Committee shall consider bills, other draft regulations and draft by-laws addressed to the National Assembly to assess compliance with the Constitution and the legal system; proposals for the adoption of an authentic interpretation of a law, other regulation and by-law adopted by the National Assembly as well as issues of uniform legislative methodology and other issues of relevance to the uniform legal-technical processing of the acts adopted by the National Assembly.
The Legislation Committee shall consider the information of the Constitutional Court about the status and problems of exercise of constitutionality and legality in the Republic, opinions and advice of the Constitutional Court that there is need to adopt and amend laws and to undertake other measures in order to safeguard the constitutionality and legality as well as proposals and initiatives for initiating the procedure for assessing the constitutionality of laws and other regulations and by-laws adopted by the National Assembly.
The Committee shall monitor the development of the legal system and report thereon to the National Assembly.
The Committee shall have twenty-one (21) members.
Article 47
The Committee on Defense and Security shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws in the field of public and state security, reports on the work of the Ministry of the Interior on the security situation in the Republic of Serbia communicated to the National Assembly upon its request, exercises control over security services, as well as other issues in the field of security in accordance with law.
The Committee shall have seventeen (17) members.
Article 48
The Committee on Foreign Affairs shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws, as well as other issues in the field of foreign policy, review major issues in the field of international relations of particular interest to the Republic of Serbia, monitor and consider the status of emigrants and migrant workers abroad, examine the relevant acts in order to give its opinion to the National Assembly on the approval the National Assembly granted for the conclusion of international agreements, propose to the National Assembly the aims and objectives for National Assembly delegations in establishing co-operation with the relevant representative bodies of other states and review reports on the visits made.
The Committee shall have seventeen (17) members.
Article 49
The Committee on Justice and Administration shall consider bills, other draft regulations and draft by-laws and other issues in the field of organization and action-taking by judicial authorities and magistrates, enforcement of sentences, international legal aid, organization and work of government agencies and performance of public duties, organization of power, the electoral system and association of citizens, local self-government and territorial organization of the Republic.
The Committee shall propose the election of judges, of the Republic Public Prosecutor and of other officials stipulated by law, in the field of justice and administration, give its opinion on the proposal of the Republic Public Prosecutor for the election of Public Prosecutors and Deputy Public Prosecutors and propose the termination of functions of judges and Public Prosecutors and/or the relief of duty of judges, Public Prosecutors and Deputy Public Prosecutors.
The Committee shall have seventeen (17) members.
Article 50
The Committee on Interethnic Relations shall consider bills, other regulations and by-laws and other issues from the viewpoint of the exercise of national rights and interethnic relations in the Republic.
The Committee shall have twenty-one (21) members.
Article 51
The Committee on Relations with Serbs Living Outside Serbia shall consider issues within the competence of the National Assembly related to the establishment and maintenance of relations and promotion of relations with Serbs living outside the Republic of Serbia in order to contribute to their struggle for protection of their national identity.
The Committee shall have twenty-five (25) members.
Article 52
The Committee on Development and Foreign Economic Relations shall consider development plans and programs; economic development and credit-monetary and banking system, the system in the field of foreign economic relations, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the system of public services, the system and development in the fields of health care, social security, war veterans’ and disability insurance, social care for children and youth, education, culture and protection of cultural property, physical culture, policy and measures for channelling and promoting development including development of underdeveloped regions and the issues of commodity reserves.
The Committee shall have seventeen (17) members.
Article 53
The Committee on Finance shall consider bills, other regulations and by-laws and other issues in the fields of: the system of financing state functions, taxes, dues and other levies, the Republic budget and the annual statement of accounts, loans, guarantees, games of chance, insurance, property-legal and commercial and other relations, expropriation, as well as other issues in the field of finance.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 54
The Committee on Industry shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws and other issues in the field of industry, except for food industry, development and production of all energy sources, as well as in the field of mining, geological and seismological research.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 55
The Committee on Transport and Communications shall consider bills, other regulations and by-laws and other issues in the field of road transport, railway transport, transport by internal waterways, maritime transport, air transport, postal transport and telecommunications.
The Committee shall have eleven (11) members.
Article 56
The Committee on Urban Planning and Civil Engineering shall consider bills, other draft regulations and draft by-laws and other issues in the field of urban planning and landscape planning, housing and utilities, civil engineering, landscape architecture and use of urban land for development and land measurement and registry.
The Committee shall have eleven (11) members.
Article 57
The Committee on Agriculture shall consider bills, other draft regulations and draft by-laws and other issues in the field of agriculture, food industry, water management, veterinary medicine, agricultural co-operatives and rural development.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 58
The Committee on Trade and Tourism shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws and other issues in the field of trade, catering and tourism, arts and crafts and other services.
Article 59
The Committee on Privatisation shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws and other issues in the field of privatisation; and consider monthly reports from the Ministry competent for privatisation issued on the state of the privatisation process, concluded agreements on the purchase of capital or property, initiated process for privatisation and the work of the privatisation authorities and shall communicated to the National Assembly its opinions and proposal in relation to these issues.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 60
The Committee on Kosovo and Metohija shall consider the issued related to this province, primarily considering the Serb national and state interest; proposes appropriate decisions, declarations, and resolutions to the National Assembly and follows it implementation by appropriate bodies and institutions.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 61
The Committee on Health and Family shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws and other issues in the field of health care, system and organization of health care activity, demographic policy and family care.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 62
The Committee on Environmental Protection shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws and other issues relating to environmental protection and improvement, preservation and development of natural and man-made values, economic use, prevention and elimination of pollution of natural resources as well as other ways and sources posing a threat to the environment, in the fields of forestry, hunting, fishing and weather forecasting.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 63
The Committee on Education shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws and other issues in the field of pre-school, elementary and secondary education and higher and university education.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 64
The Committee on Youth and Sports shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws in the field of sports and physical culture as well as other issues from the viewpoint of the status of young people.
The Committee shall have eleven (11) members.
Article 65
The Committee on Culture and Information shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws and other issues in the field of culture and public information.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 66
The Committee on Science and Technological Development shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws and other issues in the field of scientific-research activity, development of science, and application of research findings at universities, research institutes and in the enterprise sector, development of new technologies and their application.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 67
The Committee on Labour, War Veterans and Social Affairs shall consider bills, other draft regulations and by-laws and other issues in the field of labour, safety at work, employment, social welfare, social care of the family and children, pension and disability insurance, care of liberation war veterans, disabled war veterans and their family members, care for the victims of fascist terror and civilian victims of war, as well as other forms of social welfare.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 68
The Committee on Representations and Proposals shall consider representations and proposals addressed to the National Assembly, propose to the National Assembly and to the competent organs measures for the settlement of issues contained therein and inform the petitioners accordingly if so requested.
The Committee shall submit a report to the National Assembly about its observations concerning representations and proposals at least once during every regular session.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
Article 69
The Administrative Committee shall:
- Prepare and propose regulations governing the issues of exercise of the rights and duties of Deputies;
- Adopt individual acts on the status-related issues concerning Deputies and officials elected or appointed by the National Assembly unless otherwise stipulated by law;
- formulate proposals for allocation of funds in the Republic budget for the work of the National Assembly, see to the correct use of these funds and submit a report thereon to the National Assembly;
- prepare and put forward acts on the organization and work of the National Assembly Service and appoint and fix salaries of employees at that Service;
- decide whether the Rules of Procedure have been infringed upon;
- adopt the act on handling materials considered a state, official or military secret and on keeping that material at the National Assembly and the act on internal order in the building of the National Assembly as well as other by-laws on the manner of exercise of particular rights and duties of Deputies and the employees in the National Assembly Service in accordance with law;
- determine the Deputies’ seating arrangement in the conference hall, grouped by Deputies’ Groups;
- decide whether to approve remand in custody for a judge or a Public Prosecutor in accordance with the Constitution;
- perform other duties set forth in the acts of the National Assembly and required by the National Assembly.
The Committee shall consider:
- the reasons for the termination of the term of office of particular Deputies and submit thereon a report to the National Assembly with a proposal for the engagement of another Deputy in a manner prescribed by law;
- the report by the Republic Electoral Commission and the certificate attesting to the election of a Deputy and submit to the National Assembly a report with the proposal to verify his mandate;
- the issues of application or denial of immunity to Deputies and other officials in cases stipulated by the Constitution;
- other issues relating to the mandate-immunity rights of Deputies.
The Committee shall monitor the implementation of these Rules of Procedure, review and make proposals for amendments thereto and give opinions to the National Assembly at its request on the application of particular provisions thereof.
The Committee shall have fifteen (15) members.
3. Review committees and commissions
Article 70
Review committees and commissions shall be set up to carry out special tasks set forth in the decision on their establishment.
Article 71
The National Assembly may set up, from among its Deputies, review committees in order to take stock of the situation in a particular field and establish facts about certain phenomena or events.
The decision to set up a review committee shall define the committee’s composition and terms of reference.
A review committee may not carry out investigative and other judicial activities.
A review committee shall have the right to request from government agencies and particular organizations data, documents and information as well as to take statements from individuals if required.
The representatives of government agencies and organizations as well as citizens are obliged to make truthful statements, give truthful data, documents and information to a review committee.
Upon completion of its work, the review committee shall submit to the National Assembly a report with proposed measures to be taken.
The review committee shall cease its operations on the date when a decision is taken on its report at a National Assembly session.
Article 72
The Chairperson of the National Assembly, at the proposal of the Committee or Commission, may engage research or professional institutions as well as individual scholars or professionals in order to study particular issues within the competence of the National Assembly.
4. Sitting of the Committee
Article 73
A sitting of the Committee shall be convened by its Chairman.
The Committee Chairman is obliged to convene a sitting of the Committee at the request of at least one third of the total number of its members, i.e. a third of the full membership of the Committee pursuant to Article 25 and 43 of these Rules of Procedure, as well as at the request of the Chairperson of the National Assembly. If he fails to do so within the requested time limit, the sitting of the Committee shall be convened by the Committee’s Deputy Chairman or the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
The Committee shall work in a sitting attended by the majority of its members and shall decide by a majority of votes of the members present.
The information about the date and the agenda of a Committee’s sitting shall be communicated to all Deputies, Deputies’ Groups and the Government at least five (5) days prior to the holding of the sitting of the Committee. Exceptionally, the information about the date and the agenda may be communicated also within a shorter period but then the Committee’s Chairman is obliged to elaborate on this procedure at the Committee’s sitting.
Article 74
A Deputy who is not a member of the Committee may attend and participate in the Committee’s sitting.
When the Committee’s sitting considers bills and amendments to bills, also the makers of such drafts and amendments and/or their authorized representatives shall be invited to the sitting.
The Government’s representatives and trustees shall take part in the work of the Committee.
Professionals and scholars, if invited, may also take part in the work of the Committee.
When carrying out tasks within its purview, the Committee may, through its Chairman, request from a Ministry and other Republic agency data and information of relevance to the Committee's work.
Article 75
After the debate is over, the Committee shall submit to the National Assembly a report containing its opinion and proposals. The Committee shall designate its Rapporteur who shall, if necessary, elaborate on the Committee’s report at the session of the National Assembly.
At the request of a particular Committee member, his personal opinion, differing from that of others, and presented at the Committee’s sitting shall feature in the Committee’s report. He shall have the right to elaborate on it at the outset of the debate on the proposal of the relevant act at the session of the National Assembly.
Article 76
Minutes will be drawn up on each sitting of the Committee.
The minutes shall include the names of the present and absent Committee members and the names of other participants in the sitting, verbal and written proposals, the Committee’s stands, the outcome of every vote, each personal opinion differing from that of the rest as well as the names of the Rapporteurs designated by the Committee.
The proceedings of each sitting of the Legislation Committee as well as of the sittings of other Committees, if so requested by the Committee, shall be noted down in shorthand or audio taped.
Article 77
The provisions of these Rules of Procedure on the work of the Committees shall be applied accordingly to the work of the review committees and commissions.
VI SITTING OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
1. Preparation and convening of a sitting
Article 78
The proposed agenda for a National Assembly sitting shall be prepared by its Chairperson.
Article 79
Only the draft acts that have been prepared in accordance with the Constitution and these Rules of Procedure may be included in the draft agenda for a sitting of the National Assembly.
Article 80
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall fix in writing the date and time of a National Assembly’s sitting and propose a draft agenda at least seven (7) days prior to the date for which the sitting is convened.
Exceptionally, the information about the time of a sitting and its agenda may be communicated also within a shorter period but in such a case the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall have to elaborate on this action at the outset of the sitting.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly may postpone the time and/or date of a sitting of the National Assembly if a large number of amendments have been submitted to the proposed acts under the draft agenda and if the competent Committees and the Government are unable to consider them prior to the commencement of the sitting. The Chairperson shall, in such a case, inform the Deputies of that fact in a timely fashion.
In the event mentioned in the previous Paragraph, the deadline for submitting amendments fixed by these Rules of Procedure shall not be extended.
Article 81
Sessions of the National Assembly at which are to be debated bills, development plans, spatial plans, the budget, the end-of-year balance, the rules of procedure, declarations, resolutions, recommendations, decisions, conclusions and authentic interpretations of acts passed by the National Assembly, as wholes and in particular, shall be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 in the morning until 6 in the evening, with a recess of one hour.
The National Assembly shall decide on bills, development plans, spatial plans, the budget, the end-of-year balance, the rules of procedure, declarations, resolutions, recommendations, decisions, conclusions and authentic interpretations of acts passed by the National Assembly, as wholes and in particular, on Voting Days.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall set Voting Days after the conclusion of the debate on all items on the agenda.
Exceptionally, a session of the National Assembly may be held on other days, if there exist justifiable reasons for doing so, which shall be communicated by the Chairperson of the National Assembly to the Deputies when he or she decides to hold a session on another day
2. Opening and participation in a sitting
Article 82
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall open the session of the National Assembly and, on the basis of official records on the presence of Deputies, shall establish that there is a quorum for the work of the National Assembly.
The quorum for the work of the National Assembly shall exist if at least 1/3 of the Deputies are present at the session of the National Assembly.
The quorum for the work of the National Assembly on Voting Days, at the adoption of the minutes from the previous session, and at the adoption of the agenda, as well as at the constitutive session of the National Assembly, shall exist if at least 126 Deputies are present at the Session of the National Assembly.
The quorum shall be established by using the electronic voting system. Every Deputy is obliged to identify himself upon entering the conference hall by inserting his identification card in the Deputy’s slot.
If the electronic voting system is not in operation, of which the President of the National Assembly shall inform the Deputies, the quorum shall be established by counting the Deputies.
If a Chairperson of a Deputies’ Group, or their authorised representative, should express suspicion about the existence of a quorum established by using the electronic voting system, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall make available the computer printout of the Deputies present.
If a Chairperson of a Deputies’ Group, or their authorised representative, should express suspicion about the existence of a quorum established by counting Deputies, he may request that the quorum be established by a roll call of Deputies, on which the National Assembly shall decide without debate.
Article 83
National Assembly sittings shall, in addition to Deputies, be attended by the members of the Government, the authorized representatives of other movers of the law concerned and the Republic Secretary of the Republic Secretariat for Legislation, as well as other persons invited by the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
Article 84
At the outset of the work of the National Assembly, every day when the National Assembly is in session, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall inform it about the Deputies who have been prevented from attending, as well as about who has been invited to the sitting.
At the same time, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall provide the necessary explanations concerning the work at the sitting and other issues.
3. Course of the sitting
Article 85
Before the agenda is determined, the minutes from the previous sitting of the National Assembly shall be adopted. If the minutes from the previous sitting have been distributed to the Deputies just prior to the beginning of the sitting, the adoption of the minutes shall take place on the following day of the sitting before proceeding to consider the agenda.
Objections to the minutes shall be forwarded in writing to the Administrative Committee.
The National Assembly shall decide on the minutes without debate.
Article 86
The agenda of a sitting shall be determined by the National Assembly.
Deputies, the Committees and other bodies of the National Assembly and the Government may propose amendments to the draft agenda. The proposals shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the National Assembly in writing.
The proposals for expansion of the agenda with the draft acts that, under the provisions of these Rules, have fulfilled the conditions to be included in the agenda shall be communicated not later than three (3) days prior to the scheduled National Assembly sitting and the proposals that concern the election, appointments, relief of duty and termination of a function; withdrawal of particular items from the draft agenda; merging of debates and changing the sequence of items shall be communicated not later than 24 hours before the commencement of a National Assembly sitting.
If the mover is a group of Deputies, the proposal shall have to specify one representative of the mover. If this has not been done, it shall be considered that the representative of the mover is the first Deputy who has signed his name under the motion.
When the agenda is fixed, the National Assembly shall decide on the proposals in the following sequence:
- for an urgent procedure;
- to withdraw particular items from the draft agenda;
- to expand the agenda;
- to merge two debates;
- to change the sequence of particular items.
Article 87
A debate shall be held on the proposed amendments to the agenda and only the following may take part in it:
- the mover of the change in the agenda, i.e. the authorized representative of a group of movers;
- the mover of the act to which the change refers, i.e. the authorized representative of the group of movers of the acts if it is required that he should withdraw the draft act from the agenda.
Participation in the debate may last not longer than 3 minutes.
Article 88
The National Assembly shall decide separately on every motion to amend the draft agenda.
The new items included in the agenda based on the motion to complement it, the motion to merge two debates or the motion for an urgent procedure shall be included in the agenda according to the sequence of the motions made except if the mover has proposed a different sequence of their consideration on which the National Assembly shall take a decision without a debate.
The National Assembly shall decide on the agenda as a whole without a debate.
Article 89
When a debate is opened on every item of the agenda of the National Assembly sitting, the right to speak shall be given in the following sequence to:
- the mover of the act, i.e. the authorized representative of the group of movers of the act who shall be given the floor when he requests and shall not be subject to limitations as to duration of presentation;
- the Rapporteur of the competent Committee, who shall have the right to speak once for 10 minutes and shall have the right to speak again for five minutes regardless of the established order of speakers, if the needs of the debate so require, as decided upon by the Chairperson of the National Assembly;
- the Deputy who begged to differ at the sittings of the Committee shall have the right to speak once for five minutes;
- the Chairmen, i.e. representative of the Deputies’ Groups, who shall have the right to speak for twenty minutes and shall be allowed to divide this time into two 10-minute parts – for the opening and closing argument;
- the Deputies, alternatively, pursuant to whether they support or dispute the proposal, as stated in their request to speak.
The Prime Minister and members of the Government shall have the floor when they so request and shall not be subject to limitations as regards duration of presentation.
Deputies who are not members of Deputies Groups shall by internal agreement decide on maximum three participants in the debate, and shall have the right to speak each for five minutes. If no agreement is reached the right to speak for five minutes shall be accorded to the first three who registered to speak.
Request to speak, with the sequence of Deputies, shall be submitted by the Deputies' Groups and Deputies who are not members of Deputies’ Groups in written form prior to opening of the debate, while the other participants in the debate may do so orally upon opening of the debate.
Article 90
The total time of the debate in principal for Deputies’ Groups shall be five hours.
The time from Para. 1 of this Article shall be allocated to a Deputies’ Group proportionally to number of Deputies, members of that Deputies’ Group.
The Chairperson, that is, representative of a deputies Group, shall have the right, prior to opening of debate, to propose longer time for debate for a Deputies Group than the one specified in Para. 1 of this Article. The national Assembly shall decide on the proposal without debate.
Article 91
The Chairperson of the National assembly shall give the floor to Deputies pursuant to sequence determined by their Deputies’ Group, and until such moment when the time allocated for debate to the deputies’ Group has expired.
If deputies from a number of Deputies Groups have registered to debate, the Chairperson of the national Assembly shall give them the floor alternatively, so that the first speaker shall be from the smallest Deputies’ Group moving on towards the largest group, as long as there are registered speakers.
A Deputies’ Group shall not have to use the time allocated, that is, shall not have to use it to its full extent.
Article 92
The Chairperson of the National Assembly, when presiding over a sitting of the National Assembly, if he wishes to take part in a debate, shall cede the Chair to one of the Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly.
Article 93
When the Chairperson of the National Assembly establishes that no more Deputies wish to take the floor in a debate, he shall declare the debate closed.
Article 94
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall adjourn the National Assembly when he establishes that there is no quorum at a National Assembly sitting until the quorum is secured.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly may order a break to be taken in the course of a National Assembly sitting for the purpose of the necessary consultations or in order to obtain a particular opinion.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall also adjourn the National Assembly in other cases if the National Assembly concludes so.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall inform the Deputies on the resumption of the sitting.
Article 95
When the debate on all agenda items is over and relevant decisions are taken, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall close the sitting of the National Assembly.
Article 96
Only the Chairperson of the National Assembly, that is, representative of a Deputies’ Group, shall have the right to speak on a point of order.
Decisions of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the National Assembly passed on the basis of discretionary powers stipulated in these Rules shall not be considered a point of order.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall give the floor to the chairman or representative of a Deputies Group wishing to speak on a point of order immediately after the previous speaker has finished.
The chairman, that is, representative of a Deputies’ Group, shall specify which provision of the Rules of Procedure has been violated in his opinion, quote it and elaborate on what constitutes the violation. He may not speak more than 3 minutes. The time required to quote the relevant provision shall not be included in these 3 minutes.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly is obliged to provide an explanation thereafter.
If, even after the Chairperson’s explanation, the chairman, that is, representative of a Deputies Group should still consider that the Rules of Procedure had been infringed upon, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall call upon the Administrative Committee to decide within 24 hours whether the Rules of Procedure had indeed been infringed upon, and to inform the National Assembly of its decision, without calling a recess in the work of the National Assembly.
If the Administrative Committee should decide that the Rules of Procedure had been infringed upon, it shall take a decision about the way in which the infringement should be remedied or eliminated.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly may call a recess in order to remedy the consequences of the infringement of the Rules of Procedure.
Article 97
If the Deputy, in his statement at a National Assembly sitting, insults a Deputy from another Deputies’ Group and specifies his family name and given name or his function/title or misinterprets his statement, the Deputy to whom the statement refers shall have the right of reply.
If the insulting words concern a Deputies’ Group and/or a political party to which the Deputies belong, the right of reply shall be given to the Chairman of the Deputies’ Group and he shall speak on behalf of the whole Deputies’ Group.
The decision in cases mentioned in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be made by the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
The reply may not last more than 3 minutes.
Article 98
No one shall approach the rostrum unless so allowed by the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
No one may speak at a sitting of the National Assembly before requesting the floor and being given the floor by the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
Article 99
A speaker may speak only about the issue that is on the agenda.
No one may interrupt the speaker nor warn him except the Chairperson of the National Assembly in cases envisaged by these Rules of Procedure.
During the speech of a Deputy or another participant in the debate, heckling or distracting the speaker in any other way, as well as any other action that imperils the freedom of speech shall not be allowed.
Article 100
Deputies are obliged to respect the dignity of the National Assembly.
Deputies are obliged to address each other with respect.
The use of insulting expressions as well as presentation of facts or opinions concerning other people’s private life shall not be allowed.
4. Keeping order at the sitting
Article 101
Keeping order at a sitting of the National Assembly shall be the responsibility of its Chairperson.
In case of a violation of order at a session, the Chairperson of the National Assembly may pronounce the following measures: reprimand, denial of the floor, and expulsion from the session.
On the basis of the measure from Paragraph 2 of this Article, the Administrative Committee shall also set a fine in accordance with the provisions of Article 106 of these Rules of Procedure.
Records on pronounced measures from Paragraph 2 of this Article shall be kept by the Secretary of the National Assembly.
Article 102
A Deputy shall be reprimanded if:
- he approaches the rostrum without the Chairperson’s permission;
- he speaks before requesting or being given the floor;
- he speaks, the warning of the Chairperson of the National Assembly notwithstanding, about an issue that is not on the agenda;
- interrupts the speaker’s presentation or makes loud remarks i.e. distracts the speaker or otherwise puts the freedom of speech at risk;
- presents facts and assessments concerning other people’s private life;
- uses profanities and insulting expressions;
- violates the order at the sitting by certain other actions or acts in contravention of the provisions of these Rules of Procedure.
Article 103
The floor shall be denied to a Deputy who has been reprimanded twice but nevertheless continues to violate the Rules of Procedure under its Article 103.
The Deputy who has been denied the floor is obliged to leave the rostrum without delay. Otherwise, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall switch off the public-address system and order a break, if necessary.
The denial of the floor shall not affect the Deputy’s right of reply in the further course of the sitting.
Article 104
A Deputy shall be ordered to leave a sitting if, even after the floor is denied to him, he obstructs or hinders Deputies in their work at the sitting, disrespects the decision of the Chairperson of the National Assembly on denial of the floor to him or continues committing other violations under Article 101 of these Rules of Procedure, as well as in other cases specified herein.
The order for a Deputy to leave the sitting may also be given without any prior measures, in case of a physical assault or another similar action jeopardizing the physical or moral integrity of the participants in the sitting, in the National Assembly building.
The Deputy who has been ordered to leave the sitting is obliged to immediately leave the conference hall where the sitting is taking place.
If a Deputy refuses to leave a National Assembly sitting, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall order the National Assembly’s Security Service to take that Deputy out of the conference hall and shall order a break pending the execution of the said order.
The Deputy who has been ordered to leave the sitting shall be considered unjustifiably absent.
Article 105
A Deputy who has been reprimanded shall be punished by a fine of 3,000 Dinars.
A Deputy who received two reprimands during the same sitting shall be punished by a fine of 8,000 Dinars.
A Deputy who was denied the floor shall be punished by a fine of 16,000 Dinars.
A Deputy ordered to leave the sitting shall be punished by a fine of 32,000 Dinars.
If several measures were pronounced to the Deputy for violation of order during the sitting of the National Assembly, the fines shall not be compounded and only the highest fine shall be applied.
Article 106
The Administration Committee shall pass the decision on a fine of a Deputy.
A Deputy under full-time engagement shall have the fine deducted from his salary for the current month, that is, from the current and the following month if he/she were ordered to leave the sitting of the National Assembly.
A Deputy who is not under full-time employment in the National Assembly shall have the fine deducted from his income in the National Assembly (the difference between the salary of a Deputy under full-time employment in the National Assembly and the income derived from employment or pension, that is, Deputy bonus), for the current month, that is, for the following months if the income of the Deputy at the National Assembly is less than the fine, until such time the full amount of the fine is reached.
A Deputy, fined for reprimand or order to leave the floor, shall be entitled for compensation for use of car, meals and hotel accommodation, while a Deputy fined for the order to leave the sitting shall be entitled to compensation for use of car, in accordance to the act of the Administration Committee.
Article 107
If the Chairperson of the National Assembly is unable to keep order at a sitting by resorting to regular measures, he shall order a break lasting until the order is restored.
Article 108
The measures of reprimand and denial of floor are applicable only to the session on which they were pronounced.
The measure of order to leave the sitting shall be applied over the following 20 days of the sitting (work) of the National Assembly, from the day of pronouncement, that is, for the session on which it was pronounced, if the session lasts more than 20 days of the sitting (work) of the National Assembly.
The measure of expulsion from the session from Article 105 Paragraph 2 of these Rules of Procedure shall apply for a duration of 90 days from the day of expulsion.
Article 109
The provisions of these Rules of Procedure on order at the sitting of the National Assembly shall also apply to all other participants in the sitting, in addition to the Deputies, and shall apply to the sittings of the National Assembly committees and other working bodies accordingly.
5. Minutes
Article 110
Minutes shall be kept on the proceedings at National Assembly sittings..
Minutes shall include the main data on the work at a sitting especially on the proposals debated; names of the participants in the debate; conclusions adopted by the sitting; the outcome of the vote on particular issues and the measures pronounced.
The important parts of the statement made by a Deputy who begged to differ shall be entered in the minutes at his request.
Shorthand notes shall be kept at National Assembly sittings. Every ten minutes shall be marked by brackets in the text and the course of the sitting shall be audio taped. Shorthand notes shall include the text as uttered, without omitting any words or expressions. Every Deputy shall have the right to access the shorthand notes and/or the audiotape at his request. Shorthand notes shall be delivered to the Deputies’ Groups not later than the following day. If a Deputy wishes to authorize the text of his statement, he is obliged to do so within three (3) days as of the date of the sitting concerned.
The adopted minutes shall be signed by the Chairperson and the Secretary of the National Assembly.
A copy of the material that was considered at the sitting shall be attached to the adopted minutes.
The minutes shall be taken care of by the Secretary of the National Assembly.
VII DECISION-MAKING
1. General provisions
Article 111
The National Assembly shall decide by a vote of the Deputies in accordance with the Constitution, the law and these Rules of Procedure.
Article 112
The Deputies shall vote ‘for’ a motion, ‘against’ a motion, or shall abstain from voting.
2. Open voting
Article 113
The National Assembly shall decide by open voting: by using the electronic voting system, by show of hand, or by roll call.
Article 114
Open voting by using the electronic voting system shall be done in the manner specified by these Rules of Procedure.
A vote shall be taken by show of hand, in the manner specified by these Rules of Procedure only if the electronic voting system is not operational, if the sitting takes place at the premise without such a system or if the National Assembly takes such a decision prior to the vote.
At a Deputy’s request, the National Assembly may decide without a debate to vote by roll call in the manner specified by these Rules of Procedure.
Article 115
The vote by using the electronic system shall take place by pressing particular buttons, with prior insertion of the identification card that every Deputy holds, into the device in front of his seat (the Deputy’s slot).
The period of time for voting by using the electronic system shall be 15 seconds.
Upon the expiry of that period, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall close the vote and announce its result.
A decision shall be considered adopted if more than a half of the identified Deputies, i.e. a majority envisaged by the Constitution, vote for it.
The outcome of each vote shall be shown on the monitors in the conference hall of the National Assembly.
The computer printout on every vote shall be delivered to the Deputies Groups at their request, as well as to the National Assembly’s Information Service in order to present it to the representatives of the mass media.
Article 116
Deputies are obliged to use only their own identification cards as well as to identify themselves when entering the conference hall by inserting their card into the Deputies’ slot and/or to check out when leaving the conference hall.
If a Deputy uses the identification card of another Deputy or otherwise abuses the electronic voting system, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall order him to leave the sitting and the voting during which the abuse occurred shall be annulled, followed by an immediate re-identification and a repeated vote.
Article 117
Deputies are obliged to carry with them their identification cards when leaving the conference hall of the National Assembly.
If a Deputy leaves the conference hall of the National Assembly and leaves his identification card inside the Deputy’s slot or near it, the National Assembly’s Service shall immediately hand over the card to the National Assembly’s Secretary, and the card shall be returned to the Deputy upon his entry into the conference hall.
Article 118
A Deputy is obliged to report the disappearance of his identification card to the National Assembly’s Secretary.
If a Deputy does not bring his identification card or loses it during a National Assembly sitting, the National Assembly Service shall issue him a temporary identification card and shall inform the National Assembly thereon.
The Deputy shall return the temporary card to the National Assembly’s Secretary immediately after the sitting for which he was given the temporary card.
Article 119
If a vote is taken by show of hand, the Deputies shall first declare who is in favour of the motion, then who is opposed to the motion, and finally, who abstains from the vote.
A Deputies’ Group may designate one of its members to check the counting of the votes.
After the vote is over, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall close the vote and declare its result.
A decision is considered adopted if more than a half of the Deputies present, that is, the majority, as stipulated by the Constitution, vote for it.
Article 120
If the National Assembly decides to take a vote by roll call, the National Assembly’s Secretary shall roll call the Deputies in the alphabetical order of their family names. Every roll called Deputy shall say either ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘abstention’. The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall repeat the first name and the family name of the Deputy who has voted and his statement or establish that he is absent or that he does not wish to vote.
The National Assembly’s Secretary shall take down the statement of every Deputy or the fact of his absence by his name on the list.
A decision shall be considered adopted if more than a half of the Deputies who voted, i.e. the majority established by the Constitution, vote in favour.
If the National Assembly decides to vote by roll call in the elections where two or more candidates have been nominated, the Deputies taking part in the vote shall give the full name of the candidate for whom they vote.
3. Voting by secret ballot
Article 121
The National Assembly shall take decisions by secret ballot when that is stipulated by law, these Rules of Procedure or by a separate decision of the National Assembly.
Vote by secret ballot is taken by using the electronic voting system or voting slips. The decision thereon shall be made by the National Assembly.
If the vote by secret ballot is taken by the use of voting slips, 250 voting slips shall be printed.
The voting slips shall be of the same size, format and colour and shall be certified by the National Assembly seal.
For each repeated vote, voting slips shall be printed in a different colour.
Article 122
A special Commission shall be set up to print and seal the voting slips. It shall include a representative from each Deputies’ Group and, pending the setting up of the Deputies’ Group, the Commission shall include the youngest Deputy from each of the four electoral lists that won the largest number of seats. The Commission Chairman shall be the oldest Deputy from among its members.
The Commission shall draw up the minutes that shall be signed by all its members.
The Commission shall finalize its work by handing over the voting slips and the signed minutes to the vote administrator.
A voting slip shall contain the motion to be decided upon and the words ‘for’ and ‘against’. On the bottom of the voting slip, the word ‘for’ shall be on the left hand side and the word ‘against’ on the right hand side. The Deputies shall vote by circling either the word ‘for’ or the word ‘against’.
Article 123
During the election and nomination, the candidates on the voting slips shall be listed according to the sequence established on the list of candidates. There shall be a serial number before the name of each candidate.
A Deputy shall vote by circling the serial number in front of the name of the candidate for whom the Deputy votes.
It shall be possible to vote for not more than as many candidates as are to be elected, from among the candidates whose names are indicated on the voting slip.
Article 124
Vote by secret ballot shall be administered by the Chairperson of the National Assembly who shall be assisted by the Vice-Chairpersons of the National Assembly and by its Secretary (hereinafter referred to as the Voting Commission).
Article 125
A voting slip shall be handed over to a Deputy in the following manner: he shall approach the Chairperson’s table after he has been roll-called. The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall hand over to the Deputy a voting slip and the National Assembly’s Secretary shall indicate by the Deputy’s full name on the list that the voting slip has been handed over to him. The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall, prior to the vote, determine its duration.
When a Deputy fills out the voting slip, he shall approach the ballot box and insert the voting slip in it. The National Assembly’s Secretary shall indicate that the Deputy has voted by putting a mark after the Deputy’s full name on the list.
The balloting box must be empty and made of transparent material.
After the expiry of the duration of the vote, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall close the vote.
Article 126
When the vote is over, the Voting Commission shall establish the results of the vote at the same premise where the vote took place.
Before the ballot box is opened, the undelivered voting slips shall be counted and placed in a separate envelope that shall then be sealed.
Article 127
Information on the results of the vote shall include data on the number of:
- delivered voting slips;
- used voting slips;
- unused voting slips;
- invalid voting slips;
- valid voting slips;
- votes ‘for’ and votes ‘against’, i.e. if during the vote or nomination the voters vote on several candidates running for the same office, the votes polled by individual candidates.
Information on the results of the vote shall also include the statement that the motion has been carried or defeated by the prescribed majority or, when during the election or nomination the voters vote for two or more candidates for the same office, which candidate has been elected or appointed.
Article 128
An invalid voting slip, unless the law stipulates otherwise, shall be any unfilled out voting slip and the voting slip on the basis of which it is impossible to establish with certainty for which motion the deputy has voted.
When the vote is taken on election and appointment, an invalid voting slip shall be considered to be any voting slip on which a larger number of candidates have been circled than the number to be elected or appointed.
Article 129
Minutes shall be drawn up on the results of the vote and signed by all members of the Voting Commission.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall announce the result of the vote at a sitting of the National Assembly.
VIII PROCEDURE FOR THE ADOPTION OF LAWS AND OTHER ACTS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
1. Acts adopted by the National Assembly
Article 130
The National Assembly shall adopt: laws, the budget, the development plan, the landscape plan, the final statement of accounts, Rules of Procedure, declarations, resolutions, recommendations, decisions, conclusions and authentic interpretations of any acts it passes.
2. Proposing a law
Article 131
The Government, every Deputy, the Assembly of the Autonomous Province or at least 15,000 voters shall have the right to propose laws, other regulations and by-laws.
Article 132
The authorized mover of a law shall submit the bill in the form in which the law is to be adopted along with an explanatory note.
The explanatory note shall include:
- the constitutional basis;
- reasons for the adoption of the law;
- explanation of the main legal institutions and individual solutions;
- estimate of the funds required for the implementation of the law;
- general interest which is the reason why the feedback effect is proposed if the bill contains the provisions for which the feedback effect is envisaged;
- an overview of the provisions of the law that are to be changed and/or supplemented if a law on amendments is proposed.
If the mover is a group of Deputies, their motion must indicate one representative of the mover. If this is not done, it shall be considered that the representative of the mover is the first Deputy who has signed the motion.
Article 133
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall forward a bill, immediately upon its receipt, to the Deputies, the competent Committees and the Government if the Government is not the mover.
If the bill has not been prepared in accordance with these Rules of Procedure, the Chairperson of the National Assembly shall ask the maker to bring the bill into line with the provisions of these Rules of Procedure and shall specify in particular which discrepancy has to be removed.
The mover of the law may submit, within 15 days, the bill harmonized with the provisions of these Rules of Procedure or ask in writing the National Assembly for its opinion on the issue in case of lack of agreement with the opinion of the Chairperson of the National Assembly. The National Assembly is obliged to state its opinion on the issue at the first next sitting, before it moves to consider the agenda and without a debate. Prior to decision-making, the maker of the law shall have the right to elaborate on their stand within not more than 5 minutes.
If the mover of the law does not act in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 of this Article, the bill shall be considered withdrawn.
Article 134
The bill, produced in accordance with the provisions of these Rules of Procedure, may be included in the agenda of a National Assembly sitting within not less than fifteen (15) days and not more than sixty (60) days as from the date of its submission.
In exceptional cases, the 60-day deadline may be exceeded but by not more than 30 days. The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall inform the Deputies about the reasons thereof.
The deadlines mentioned in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not run when the National Assembly is not in regular session.
Article 135
The bill, before it is considered by the National Assembly, shall be considered by the competent Committees and the Government if the Government is not the mover of such a law.
The competent Committees and the Government, if it is not the mover of the law, in their reports and/or opinion, may propose to the National Assembly to accept or not to accept the bill in principle.
If the competent Committees and the Government propose that the law be accepted in principle, they are obliged to specify whether they accept the law as a whole or with the modifications that they propose in the form of amendments.
The competent Committees and the Government shall forward to the National Assembly reports or opinions, as a rule, within not less than five (5) days prior to the date of the opening of the sitting of the National Assembly which will consider the bill.
If the competent Committees and the Government do not forward reports or opinions, the National Assembly may decide to consider the bill even without them or may set a new deadline within which they are obliged to do so.
Article 136
At first a debate shall be held on the bill in principle.
The National Assembly may decide to have a joint debate in principle on several bills that are on the agenda of the same sitting and are mutually conditioned or the solutions contained therein are mutually linked but the decision on every individual motion shall be made separately.
After the conclusion of debate in principle, the National Assembly shall move on to debate the particulars.
Article 137
The debate on particulars shall take place by the Articles to which the submitted amendments refer and on the amendments proposing the inclusion of new provisions. The following may take part in the debate: the mover of the amendment or if the amendment is proposed by several Deputies - their authorized representative; the mover of the act; the Rapporteur of the Committee; Chairman or representative of the Deputies’ Group and the authorized representative of the Government if the Government is not the mover. They will have the right to take part by taking the floor once and for not more than 5 minutes.
Article 138
When debate in principle on a bill concludes, the mover or the authorised representative of the mover shall have the right to a concluding statement.
Article 139
The mover of the law shall have the right to withdraw the bill until the debate on the bill is over at a sitting of the National Assembly.
Article 140
The National Assembly shall decide on bills, development plans, spatial plans, the budget, the end-of-year balance, the rules of procedure, declarations, resolutions, recommendations, decisions, conclusions and authentic interpretations of acts passed by the National Assembly, as wholes and in particular, on Voting Days.
If the proposed act shall have been adopted in principle, the National Assembly shall decide on amendments.
When a bill contains provisions for which retroactive action has been foreseen, the National Assembly shall, when voting on these provisions, whether there exists a general interest for the action.
If the National Assembly should adopt several amendments, it may pause with the adoption of the bill as a whole and ask the Legislative Committee to perform a legal-technical analysis of the bill’s text in cooperation with the submitter of the bill, or ask the competent Committee to harmonise the adopted amendments among themselves and with the text of the bill.
In case of an occurrence described in Paragraph 4 of this Article, the Deputies shall be forwarded reports of the competent and the Legislative Committee on the discord which had occurred, and an amendment eliminating the discord shall be submitted.
After deciding on amendments, the National Assembly shall commence to vote on the bill as a whole.
3. Amendment
Article 141
An amendment to the bill shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the National Assembly in writing, with an explanatory note, after the date of submission of the bill and not later than three (3) days prior to the date fixed for the sitting at which that bill is proposed to be considered.
The mover of the amendment may not submit more than one amendment to the same Article of the bill.
Article 142
Deputies, members of the same Deputies’ Group, may submit only one amendment to an article of the bill.
Deputies’ Groups organised as coalitions of several parties may submit as many amendments to an article of the bill as there are parties forming such Deputies Group, that is, each political party may submit an amendment.
The submitted amendments shall be forwarded by the Chairperson of the National Assembly to the mover of the law, to Deputies, the competent Committees and the Government.
The Legislative Committee shall reject amendments which have not been submitted in time or are incomplete, as well as those with insulting contents, on which it will submit a report to the National Assembly.
Rejected amendments cannot be the subject of discussion at a session of the National Assembly.
Article 143
The mover of the law, the competent Committees and the Government are obliged to consider, before the sitting of the National Assembly, the amendments submitted to the bill and inform the National Assembly which amendments they propose that the National Assembly should accept and which it should reject.
Article 144
During voting on particulars, amendments in writing can only be submitted by the mover of the act, competent Committees, or the Government, only if the need for the amendment had arisen due to another amendment’s adoption beforehand.
Article 145
On Voting Days, after the adoption of the bill in principle, the National Assembly shall decide on submitted amendments in order of the articles of the bill.
If several amendments have been submitted to the same Article of the bill, a decision will first be taken on the amendment which proposes the deletion of the provision of that Article and only then about the amendment proposing the modification of the entire Article.
The amendments submitted by the mover of the law, which have been accepted by the competent Committees and the Government, as well as the amendments accepted by the mover of the law, the competent Committees and the Government, shall become an integral part of the bill and the National Assembly shall not decide thereon separately.
The National Assembly shall separately decide on every amendment not accepted by the mover of the law, the competent Committee or the Government.
4. Adoption of the budget
Article 146
The budget of the Republic for the following year shall be adopted not later than by the end of the second regular session of the National Assembly.
The bill on the budget of the Republic (hereinafter referred to as the proposed budget), together with an explanatory note, shall be submitted by the Government.
The explanatory note with the proposed budget shall include:
- the constitutional basis for the adoption of the budget,
- the explanation of the proposal of the required funds by budget users (expenditures),
- the explanation of the structure of revenues of the Republic budget.
Article 147
Before a debate at the sitting of the National Assembly, the National Assembly Committees shall consider the draft budget and forward their reports along with the elaborated proposals to the Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee shall consider the proposed budget and the reports of particular Committees and submit a report thereon to the National Assembly.
Article 148
The draft budget shall be discussed at a session of the National Assembly in principle and in particular.
Voting on the draft budget in particular and as a whole shall be performed on Voting Days.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly may set Voting Days for the draft budget during the session, without waiting for the debate in principle and in particular on other items on the agenda to finish.
Article 149
The amendments to the budget of the Republic in the course of the year shall be made according to the provisions of these Rules of Procedure governing the budget adoption procedure.
Article 150
Unless otherwise stipulated by the provisions of this Paragraph, the provisions of these Rules of Procedure on the law adoption procedure shall be applied accordingly to the budget adoption procedure.
5. Adoption of the development plan and landscape plan
Article 151
The draft development plan shall be submitted by the Government along with an explanatory note and the required documents.
Before the debate at the sitting of the National Assembly, the draft development plan shall be considered by the National Assembly Committees. They shall forward their reports together with elaborated proposals to the Committee on Development and Foreign Economic Relations.
The Committee on Development and Foreign Economic Relations shall consider the draft development plan and the reports by particular Committees and shall forward the report thereon to the National Assembly.
Article 152
The draft landscape plan shall be submitted by the Government along with an explanatory note and the required documents.
Before a debate at the sitting of the National Assembly, the draft landscape plan shall be considered by the National Assembly Committees and they shall forward their reports with elaborated proposals to the Committee on Urban Planning and Civil Engineering.
The Committee on Urban Planning and Civil Engineering shall consider the draft landscape plan and the reports by particular Committees and shall forward the report thereon to the National Assembly.
Article 153
Unless stipulated otherwise by the provisions of this Paragraph, the provisions of these Rules of Procedure on the law adoption procedure shall be applied accordingly to the plan adoption procedure.
6. Adoption of the authentic interpretation of the law
Article 154
The proposal for the adoption of the authentic interpretation of the law may be submitted by an authorized mover of the law.
If the Legislation Committee assesses that the proposal is justified, it shall prepare a proposal of the authentic interpretation and shall communicate it to the maker of the proposal and to the National Assembly.
If the Legislation Committee assesses that the proposal is unjustified, the Committee shall inform the maker of the proposal and the National Assembly thereon.
The National Assembly shall decide on the proposals made by the Legislation Committee under Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.
If the National Assembly does not accept the stand of the Legislation Committee that the authentic interpretation is unjustified, the National Assembly shall order the Legislation Committee to prepare the proposal of an authentic interpretation.
Article 155
Unless otherwise stipulated by the provisions of this Paragraph, the provisions of these Rules of Procedure on law adoption procedure shall apply accordingly to the procedure for the adoption of the authentic interpretation of the law and other acts to be adopted by the National Assembly.
7. Adoption of other by-laws
Article 156
The draft Rules of Procedure, declaration, resolution, recommendation, decision or conclusion may be submitted by the mover of a law in writing and with an explanatory note.
The draft act mentioned in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall first be forwarded to the Deputies and then a separate debate shall be held thereon.
The provisions of these Rules of Procedure on the adoption of a law shall be applied accordingly to the procedure for the adoption of other regulations and by-laws to be passed by the National Assembly unless otherwise stipulated for particular parts of acts by these Rules of Procedure.
8. Urgent procedure
Article 157
The law may exceptionally be adopted in an urgent procedure.
Urgent procedure may be resorted to only for the adoption of the law governing the issues and relations resulting from circumstances that could not be anticipated and when the failure to adopt the law in an urgent procedure could cause adverse effects to human life and health, national security and work of agencies and organizations.
The mover of the law is obliged to specify, in the written explanatory note accompanying a bill, the adverse effects that would result from the failure to adopt the law in an urgent procedure.
Article 158
The bill for which the adoption in an urgent procedure is proposed may be placed on the agenda of a sitting of the National Assembly if it is submitted not later than 24 hours prior to the scheduled commencement of that sitting.
The bill governing issues in the field of defense and security which is proposed to be adopted in a urgent procedure, may be placed on the agenda of the sitting of the National Assembly even if it is submitted on the date of the sitting, two (2) hours prior to the scheduled commencement of the sitting, and if the mover is the Government, the bill may be placed on the agenda even if it is submitted in the course of the sitting of the National Assembly, on condition that the session is being attended by at least 126 Deputies.
In the course of a sitting of the National Assembly, exceptionally, in an urgent procedure, a proposal for the election, appointment and relief of duty and termination of office, may be placed on the agenda at the elaborated proposal of the authorized mover, on condition that the session is being attended by at least 126 Deputies.
Each motion to place on the agenda an act in an urgent procedure shall be first of all decided by the National Assembly, without a debate, when establishing the agenda or in the course of the sitting, immediately upon the receipt of the motion, on condition that the session is being attended by at least 126 Deputies.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly is obliged to forward the bill for whose consideration urgent procedure is proposed to the Deputies and the Government if it is not the mover immediately upon receipt.
When the National Assembly accepts the proposal for a law to be considered in an urgent procedure, it shall fix a deadline within which the competent Committees will submit reports, as well as the deadline within which the Government, if it is not the mover of the law, will give an opinion on the bill.
Article 159
When the competent Committee consider a bill which is proposed to be considered in an urgent procedure, the National Assembly may decide to immediately open a debate on the bill even without the distributed reports by having the Rapporteurs present these reports orally at the sitting.
If the competent Committees do not submit reports within the set deadline, the bill may be debated in the National Assembly even without the Committees’ reports.
If the Government does not give an opinion on the bill within the set deadline, the bill shall be reviewed even without the Government’s opinion. Amendments to the bill being considered in an urgent procedure may be submitted not later than by the opening of the debate on the bill.
The mover of the law, the competent Committees and the Government shall have a say on the amendments.
9. The original texts and the publication of the National Assembly acts
Article 160
A seal of the National Assembly shall be placed on any original text of a law, other regulation and by-law of the National Assembly and on any original of the authentic interpretation.
The original text of a law or another regulation and by-law and the authentic interpretation shall be understood to mean the text of the law or another regulation and by-law or authentic interpretation that has been adopted at a National Assembly sitting.
The original of a law or another regulation and general act of the National Assembly and authentic interpretations shall be kept at the National Assembly.
The preparation of the original, its sealing, keeping and records of the original shall be taken care of by the Secretary of the National Assembly.
Article 161
The acts mentioned in Article 131 of these Rules of Procedure that are adopted by the National Assembly shall be published in the “Official Herald of the Republic of Serbia”.
The publication of laws, other regulations and by-laws of the National Assembly and authentic interpretations shall be taken care of by the Secretary of the National Assembly.
The Secretary of the National Assembly shall correct the mistakes in the published text of the law, another regulation and by-law or authentic interpretation, based on the original text of the law, other regulation and by-law, or authentic interpretation.
IX EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Article 162
The Chairperson of the National Assembly shall communicate a request for an extraordinary session to the Deputies and the Government and fix the date and time when the National Assembly will meet.
Article 163
At an extraordinary session, the National Assembly shall discuss the previously established agenda submitted by the maker of the motion to hold an extraordinary session.
The sequence of considering agenda items may not be changed without the approval of the representative of the mover at whose request the extraordinary session has been convened.
Article 164
At the sitting of the National Assembly during an extraordinary session Deputies may ask questions only if the maker of the motion to hold an extraordinary session has envisaged that in his motion.
Article 165
The provisions of these Rules of Procedure on regular sessions shall be applied to any extraordinary session unless otherwise stipulated by the provisions of this Chapter.
X IMMUNITY
Article 166
Deputies shall enjoy immunity in accordance with the Constitution from the date of verification to the date of termination of their mandates.
The request to approve detention for a Deputy and a request to approve institution of criminal proceedings or other proceedings that may end in an imprisonment sentence shall be made by the competent organ to the Chairperson of the National Assembly, who shall forward it to the Administrative Committee. The Committee is obliged to submit its report, along with its motion, to the National Assembly.
If the National Assembly is not in regular session, the request shall be decided upon by the Administrative Committee that shall inform the National Assembly thereon.
The Deputy concerned shall be separately informed of the holding of the Administrative Committee’s sitting that will consider the issue of his immunity.
At the proposal of the Deputy whose immunity has been denied by the Administrative Committee’s decision, the National Assembly may cancel the granted approval of denial pending the completion of first-instance proceedings.
Article 167
At the Administrative Committee’s proposal, the National Assembly may establish the immunity right with respect to the Deputy who has not invoked his immunity if that is necessary for the discharge of his parliamentary function.
If the National Assembly does not grant its approval for the prosecution of the Deputy against whom detention has been ordered, detention shall be abolished and the Deputy released.
If the National Assembly establishes the immunity right of the Deputy who has not invoked his immunity, the proceedings against that Deputy shall be suspended.
Article 168
The proceedings against a Deputy may be conducted only for an offence for which the National Assembly has granted its approval.
XI PUBLICITY OF WORK
Article 169
Sittings of the National Assembly and its Committees shall be public.
Sittings of the National Assembly and its Committees may be held in camera in cases specified by law if so proposed by the Government, the Committees or at least twenty (20) Deputies. For any such proposal, an explanation must be given. The proposal shall be voted upon in the National Assembly without a debate.
Article 170
The representatives of the press and other public media shall have, in accordance with the regulations on internal order in the National Assembly, free access to the sittings of the National Assembly and its Committees, in order to inform the public about their work.
Article 171
Representatives of the mass media may use the shorthand notes of the National Assembly. When quoting them, they are required to specify whether the statements were authorized.
Article 172
The drafts of laws, other regulations and by-laws, as well as the information and documentation materials on issues related to the work of the National Assembly and its Committees shall be made available to the representatives of the mass media.
To create the necessary work conditions, the representatives of the mass media shall be provided with the required facilities for monitoring the sittings of the National Assembly and its Committees.
The work facilities mentioned in this Article shall be provided in accordance with the separate acts to be adopted by the Administrative Committee.
Article 173
Official press releases and other means of public information shall be prepared by the relevant National Assembly Service and approved by the Chairperson of the National Assembly or the person authorized by the Chairperson.
Any Deputy may give a press conference at the National Assembly.
XII PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION AND RELIEF OF DUTY OF THE OFFICIALS ELECTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Article 174
The motion for the election of the Chairperson and the judges of the Constitutional Court and the notification of the Constitutional Court that reasons exist for requesting the termination of office or relief of duty of a judge of the Constitutional Court shall be circulated to the Deputies by the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
A debate shall be opened on these motions at the sitting of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly shall decide on the election or relief of duty or termination of office of every judge of the Constitutional Court separately, by secret ballot, unless it decides to vote openly, and shall inform of its decisions the President of the Republic and the Constitutional Court.
Article 175
The explained motions for the election of the Chairpersons of the Courts, judges, Republic Public Prosecutor and other officials in the field of justice and administration, along with information also about other candidates not proposed to the National Assembly, shall be made by the Committee on Justice and Administration.
A debate shall be opened on these motions at the sitting of the National Assembly.
The Committee shall consider the Republic Public Prosecutor’s motion for the election of Public Prosecutors and Deputy Public Prosecutors together with the notification about other candidates and shall communicate its opinion to the National Assembly.
The National Assembly shall decide immediately on every challenged motion and shall then proceed to decide on all other unchallenged motions in one go, by open ballot.
The Chairperson shall inform the Supreme Court or the Republic Public Prosecutor on the National Assembly’s decisions.
Article 176
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