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 or security, 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 President of the National Peacekeeping Assembly or the Prime Minister, or the President of the National Peacekeeping Assembly and the Prime Minister, have the power to give any order or do any act with the approval of a joint meeting of the National Peacekeeping Assembly and the Prime Minister, and the order or act of the President of the National Peacekeeping Assembly or the Prime Minister, or the order or act jointly given or done by them, as well as the observance of the said order, shall be deemed lawful.

Once the President of the National Peacekeeping Assembly or the Prime Minister, or the President of the National Peacekeeping Assembly and the Prime Minister, have given any order or done any act in accordance with paragraph 1, a report shall be made to the President of the National Legislative Assembly to further be notified to the National Legislative Assembly.

All legal provisions, royal rescripts, and royal commands of any kind, which relate to the public affairs of the State, must be countersigned by the Prime Minister or a Minister.

Judges and justices are independent in trying and adjudicating upon cases in accordance with the law.