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United Arab Emirates Constitution :b. The procedures of passing the constitutional amendment are similar to those of passing an Act.
 * c. For a constitutional amendment to be passed, it must be approved by two-third majority of the votes of the present members of the Federal National Council.
 * d. The President of the UAE signs and promulgates in the name and on behalf of the Supreme Council the constitutional amendment.

A provision of the Constitution may not, in any way, be put on hold except where the martial law is in force and within the limits specified by the martial law.

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the sessions of the Federal National Council may not be suspended during that period nor may the immunity of its members be lifted.

In case of emergency specified by law, the martial law is declared by a decree sanctioned by the Supreme Council upon the proposal of the President of the UAE with the approval of the Federal Council of Ministers. The decree must be notified to the Federal National Council at its next meeting.

The martial law is lifted by a decree sanctioned by the Supreme Council when the emergency, for which it was imposed, no longer exists.