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 (5) The Minster-President shall submit the bills of the State Government to the Bavarian State Parliament

(1) In the event of imminent danger to public safety and security and public order, the State Government can restrict or suspend the right of freedom of expression (Art 110), the freedom of the press (Art 111), the secrecy of letters, post, telegraphs and telephone conversions (Art 112), and the freedom of assembly (Art 113), at first for a period of one week

(2) 1 At the same time, it must convene the Bavarian State Parliament, must inform the Bavarian State Parliament of all measures taken without delay and must suspend all or parts of these measures on demand of the Bavarian State Parliament 2 If the Bavarian State Parliament confirms the measures taken with a majority of its legal number of members, the application of such measures shall be extended by one month

(3) In addition, it shall be possible to lodge an appeal against the measures taken with the Bavarian Constitutional Court, which must at least reach a provisional decision within one week

1 The Minster-President shall determine the number of the portfolios (state ministers) and shall define their responsibilities

2 This must be confirmed by a resolution of the Bavarian State Parliament

1 Each state minister shall be assigned a portfolio or a special task by the Minister-President 2 The Minister-President may reserve one or several portfolios for himself/herself or may assign several portfolios to one minister

(1) Each state minister shall autonomously administer his/her portfolio on his/her own responsibility in accordance with the political guidelines determined by the Minister-President

(2) 1 The State Secretaries shall be bound by the instructions of the state minister to whom they are assigned 2 If the state minister is prevented from acting, they shall act autonomously and shall be accountable to the Bavarian State Parliament

A State Chancellery shall support the Minister-President and the State Government in their constitutional tasks

1 The State Government shall adopt its own rules of procedure 2 These rules of procedure shall govern the assignment of the government business to the individual portfolios 3 Each state administration task must be assigned to a portfolio