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Rh ART. 72. The electors are obliged to choose their delegates among the inhabitants of the province to which they belong.

ART. 73. In case of the dissolution of the Chamber by an Imperial Irade the general elections must commence in time necessary for the Chamber to meet again at latest six months after the date of the dissolution.

ART. 74. In case of death, judiciary condemnation, prolonged absence, or loss of quality of deputy resulting from condemnation or the acceptance of a public office a new election shall be held conformably to the prescriptions of the electoral law within such a time that the new deputy may enter upon his duties at latest in the following session.

ART. 75. The mandate of Deputies elected to fill a vacancy shall only last till the next general election.

ART. 76. There shall be allowed by the Treasury to each Deputy 20,000 piastres per session and his travelling expenses for going and returning. The sum of this expense shall be established conformably to the dis- positions of the regulation which governs the travelling indemnities paid to the civil officials of the State and calculated on the basis of the monthly pay of 5,000 piastres.

ART. 77. The president and the two vice presidents of the chamber of deputies shall be chosen by His Majesty the Sultan from a list of nine candidates elected by the chamber by a majority of votes, three for the president, three for the first vice president and three for the second vice president. The nomination of the president and the vice presidents shall take place by Imperial Irade.

ART. 78. The sessions of the Chamber of Deputies shall be public. The Chamber however may meet in secret session when the proposition shall be made by the Ministers, or by the President, or by 15 members, and this proposition be voted upon in secret session.