Article 48. Without prejudice to the application of the last three paragraphs of article 28, the agenda shall be determined by each House. During two weeks of sittings out of four, priority shall be given, in the order determined by the Government, to the consideration of texts and to debates which it requests to be
Article 47. Parliament shall pass Finance Bills in the manner provided for by an Institutional Act. Should the National Assembly fail to reach a decision on first reading within forty days following the tabling of a Bill, the Government shall refer the Bill to the Senate, which shall make its decision known within fifteen days.
Article 46. Acts of Parliament which are defined by the Constitution as being Institutional Acts shall be enacted and amended as provided for hereinafter. The Government or Private Member’s Bill may only be submitted, on first reading, to the consideration and vote of the Houses after the expiry of the periods set down in the
Article 45. Every Government or Private Member’s Bill shall be considered successively in the two Houses of Parliament with a view to the passing of an identical text. Without prejudice to the application of articles 40 and 41, all amendments which have a link, even an indirect one, with the text that was tabled or
Article 44. Members of Parliament and the Government shall have the right of amendment. This right may be used in plenary sitting or in committee under the conditions set down by the Rules of Procedure of the Houses, according to the framework determined by an Institutional Act. Once debate has begun, the Government may object
Article 43. Government and Private Members’ Bills shall be referred to one of the standing committees, the number of which shall not exceed eight in each House. At the request of the Government or of the House before which such a bill has been tabled, Government and Private Members’ Bills shall be referred for consideration
Article 42. The discussion of Government and Private Members’ Bills shall, in plenary sitting, concern the text passed by the committee to which the Bill has been referred, in accordance with article 43, or failing that, the text which has been referred to the House. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the plenary discussion of Constitutional Revision Bills,
Article 41. If, during the legislative process, it appears that a Private Member’s Bill or amendment is not a matter for statute or is contrary to a delegation granted under article 38, the Government or the President of the House concerned, may argue that it is inadmissible. In the event of disagreement between the Government
Article 40. Private Members’ Bills and amendments introduced by Members of Parliament shall not be admissible where their enactment would result in either a diminution of public revenue or the creation or increase of any public expenditure. Complete: constitution-of-france/
Article 39. Both the Prime Minister and Members of Parliament shall have the right to initiate legislation. Government Bills shall be discussed in the Council of Ministers after consultation with the Conseil d’État and shall be tabled in one or other of the two Houses. Finance Bills and Social Security Financing Bills shall be tabled