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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 Chamber of Elders and Chamber of Deputies have the power to control the public services of the State by virtue of the provisions of this Constitution.

At meetings of the Chamber of Elders or Chamber of Deputies, 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 does have the right to withhold the answer when he finds that the matter should not yet be disclosed as it relates to the safety or important benefit of the State.

The meetings of the Chamber of Elders and Chamber of Deputies 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 Chamber of Elders and Chamber of Deputies 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