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 an application be made to [the Monarch] for convening an extraordinary session of the two chambers.

Such a request as said in the previous paragraph shall be filed with the chamber to the Members of which it belongs. If it belongs to the Members of both chambers, it shall be filed with the President of the chamber with the greater number of subscribing Members. If the numbers are equal, it shall be filed with the President of the Chamber of Elders.

The President of the chamber receiving the request shall make the application [to the Monarch] and countersign His royal command.

During a session, [when] anyone files a criminal proceeding against a Member of the Chamber of Elders or Member of the Chamber of Deputies, the court must obtain permission of the chamber to which the Member belongs before it can conduct the trial. However, such trial must not obstruct the Member from attending a meeting.

The trial which the court has executed before there is a claim that the defendant is a Member of any chamber does remain valid.