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 Upon promulgation of an emergency decree, the Cabinet shall introduce the emergency decree to the National Legislative Assembly without delay. If approved by the National Legislative Assembly, the emergency decree shall continue to be in force as an act. If disapproved by the National Legislative Assembly, the emergency decree shall lapse, but this does not affect the affairs which took place during the application of such emergency decree.

Approval or disapproval of an emergency decree shall be published in the Royal Gazette. In the event of disapproval, it shall take effect from the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette.

In the event that the Prime Minister finds it necessary for the purpose of preventing, repressing, or suppressing an act of subverting the security of the Kingdom, the royal throne, the economy of the Country, or the public affairs of the State, or an act of disrupting or threatening public order or good morals, or an act of destroying resources of the Country or debasing the health of the people, irrespective of whether it occurs before or after the day of coming into force of this Constitution for Administration and whether it occurs inside or outside the Kingdom, the Prime Minister has the power to give any order or do any act with the approval of the Cabinet and the National Policy Assembly, and