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 An annual budget of the State must be enacted as an act. If the act cannot be issued in time with the new year, the act for the previous year shall apply for the time being.

The Senate and House of Representatives have the power to control the public administration by virtue of the provisions of this Constitution.

At meetings of the Senate or House of Representatives, every Member has the right to interpellate a Minister in respect of any matter which relates to the work under his duty, but the Minister has the right to withhold the answer when he finds that the matter should not yet be disclosed as it relates to the safety or benefit of the State.

The meetings of the Senate and House of Representatives are public, according to the modes designated in the regulations of each chamber. But if the Council of Ministers or not less than twenty-five Members of each chamber request a secret meeting, a secret meeting shall then be held.

The Senate and House of Representatives have the power to select their own Members to form standing committees and have the power to select the persons who are their Members or are not even their Members