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 1. The draft Constitution shall be drawn up by the Government and presented by Presidential message to the Constituent Assembly for consideration as soon as the Assembly convenes.

2. The Government shall provide that the draft Constitution be based on a composition of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia of such negaras as conform to the will of the people, as this will shall be democratically expressed on the basis of the provisions in articles 43—46 inclusive.

3. The federal law shall make such provisions in respect of the execution of the provisions of the articles referred to in the preceding paragraph order that the required expression of the will of the may be obtained within one year after this Constitution becomes valid.

1. The Constituent Assembly shall be formed by doubling the number of members of the House of Representatives elected in accordance with article 111 and the number of members of the new Senate, appointed in accordance with article 97, with a similar number of extraordinary members. These extraordinary members shall be elected, designated or appointed in the same way as the ordinary members. The provisions prevailing for ordinary members are applicable to these extraordinary members. The Government shall make provisions insofar as necessary in consultation with the participant territories to secure the timely election, designation or appointment of respectively the extraordinary members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate.

2. The joint assembly of the House of Representatives and the Senate both in double numbers shall be the Constituent Assembly.

3. The Chairman of the House of Representatives shall be the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, the Chairman of the Senate shall be deputy Chairman.

4. The provisions in articles 87, 93, 94 paragraphs 3 and 4, 95 and 105 are correspondingly applicable to the Constituent Assembly.

5. The meetings of the Constituent Assembly are public, unless the Chairman considers a private meeting necessary or if at least twenty five members so demand.

1. The Constituent Assembly cannot hold discussions or take a decision on the draft of the new Constitution unless at least two-thirds of the members in session are present at the meeting.

2. The Constituent Assembly has the right to make alterations in the draft. The new Constitution becomes valid when the draft has been passed by at least a two-third majority of the votes of the members present and has subsequently been ratifed by the Government.