SECTION 14

(1) At the beginning of each legislative period as well as the opening of the first ordinary session of the National Assembly, the Eldest Member present and the two youngest members shall form the Provisional Bureau which shall remain in office until the Permanent Bureau of the National Assembly is elected. (2) (a) With the exception of debate on the verification of cases of incompatibility and the election of the President of the National Assembly at the beginning or in the course of the legislative period, no debate or vote may take place under the chairmanship of the Eldest Member. (b) However, where, under the chairmanship of the Eldest Member, the National Assembly has to debate an item relating to its Standing Orders, an Ad hoc Committee shall be set up under the conditions laid down in Section 123 below.