SECTION 15

(1) At the opening of the statutory ordinary session of the National Assembly, the Eldest Member shall read out the Constitutional Council report of the parliamentary election results and the names of the candidates declared to have been elected. At least one half plus one of Members of the National Assembly shall attend the said sitting. Upon verification, the Eldest Member shall inform the National Assembly that the quorum has been reached. (2) At the opening of each ordinary or extraordinary session, the Eldest Member or sitting President, assisted by the two youngest members or one secretary, as the case may be, and the Secretary-General of the National Assembly, shall first read the Order convening the House pursuant to Section 3(6) above. The President or Eldest Member shall then declare the session open. (3) Upon confirmation of the presence of Members of the National Assembly, evidenced by their signatures on a register specially kept for that purpose, and after verification of the quorum laid down in Section 47 below, and after the reading of any announcements to the House, the President shall proceed to consideration of the agenda. (4) At the beginning of the legislative period or of the first ordinary session of the legislative year, the Permanent Bureau of the National Assembly shall be elected prior to any deliberations, subject to the provisions of Section 14 above.