THE 1999 CONSTITUTION

CONTENT

1. Procedure for Constitutional Review
2. Parts of the 1999 Constitution Requiring Review
3. The Process of Law Making by State and National Assemblies
4. How a Bill is Passed in the Parliament in Order to Become a Law
5. Similarities between the 1979 and the 1999 Constitutions

Procedure for Constitutional Review

According to a section of 1999 Constitution, an act for the alteration of any provision of the constitution (exception is the matter of new states and boundary adjustment, etc.) begins as a proposal. The proposal has to be approved by the votes of not less than four-fifth majority of all the members of each house of the National Assembly and also approved by resolution of the Houses of Assembly of not less than two-thirds of all the states. When the bill is now considered in the National Assembly, it shall not be passed in either House of the National Assembly unless the proposal is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of all the states. Notwithstanding, any vacancy, all 360 members of the House of Representatives and 109 senators shall be present for all these deliberations.