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Rh can, each year, open the session, and propose that which he believesshould be taken into consideration during the session, but, nevertheless, this formality shall not be considered as necessary to the activityof the Legislative Body. Art. 2. When the Legislative Body wishes to adjourn beyondfifteen days, it shall give notice to the King by a deputation, at leasteight days in advance. Art. 3. Eight days before the end of each session the LegislativeBody sends a deputation to the King to inform him of the day uponwhich it proposes to terminate its sitting. The King may close thesession. Art. 4. If the King finds it important for the welfare of the Statethat the session should be continued, or that the adjournment shouldnot take place, or that it should be for a shorter period, he may senda message to this effect upon which the Legislative Body is compelledto deliberate. Art. 5. The King shall convoke the Legislative Body during theinterval of its sessions, at all times when the interests of the State shallappear to him to require it, as in cases which shall have been foreseenand determined by the Legislative Body before adjourning. Art. 6. The King may repair at all times to the place of the sittingof the Legislative Body; he shall be received and reconducted by adeputation; he shall only be accompanied in the presence of the legislature by the Prince Royal, and by his ministers. Art. 7. The President can in no case constitute a member of thedeputation. Art. 8. The Legislative Body shall cease to be a deliberative bodyas long as the King shall remain present. Art. 9. The correspondence of the King with the Legislative Bodyshall always be countersigned by a minister. Art. 10. The ministers of the King shall have the right to appearbefore the National Legislative Assembly; a place shall be reservedfor them. They shall be heard at all times they shall demand, uponquestions relating to their administration, or when they shall berequired to give information. They shall also be heard upon considerations foreign to their administration, when the National Assemblyshall give them liberty to speak.