(1) Bills shall be passed by Parliament.
(2) The following shall be reserved to the Legislative Power:
(a) The fundamental rights, guarantees and obligations of the
citizen:
1.
safeguarding individual freedom and security;
2.
the rules governing public freedoms;
3.
labour legislation, trade union legislation, rules governing
social security and insurance;
4.
the duties and obligations of the citizen in respect of
national defence requirements.
(b) The status of persons and property ownership system:
1- nationality, status of persons, matrimonial system,
succession and gifts;
2- rules governing civil and commercial obligations;
3- movable and immovable property ownership system.
(c) The political, administrative and judicial organization:
1- rules governing the election of the President of the
Republic and elections into the National Assembly, the
Senate, Regional and Local Bodies and referendum
operations;
2- rules governing associations and political parties;
3- the organization, functioning, powers and resources of
regional and local authorities;
4- general rules governing the organization of national
defence;
5- judicial organization and the creation of various types of
courts;
6- the definition of felonies and misdemeanours and the
institution of penalties of all kinds, criminal procedure,
civil procedure, measures of execution, amnesty.
(d) The following financial and patrimonial matters:
1. rules governing the issue of currency;
2. the budget;
3. the creation of duties and the determination of their
basis of assessment, rates and methods of collection;
4. land tenure, State lands and mining;
5. natural resources.
(e) Programming the objectives of economic and social action.
(f) The system of education.
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In force from 18-01-1996
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