(1) Each bill passed by the National Assembly shall be sent to the Executive, and the
President shall promulgate it within fifteen days.
(2) In case of objection to a bill, the President may, within the period referred to in
paragraph (1), return it to the National Assembly with written explanation of his
objection, and request it be reconsidered. The President may do the same during
adjournment of the National Assembly.
(3) The President shall not request the National Assembly to reconsider a bill in part,
or with proposed amendments.
(4) In case there is a request for reconsideration of a bill, the National Assembly shall
reconsider it, and if the National Assembly again passes the bill in the original form
with the attendance of more than one half of the total members, and with a concurrent
vote of two thirds or more of the members present, it shall become Act.
(5) If the President does not promulgate a bill, or does not request the National Assembly
to reconsider it within the period referred to in paragraph (1), it shall become Act.
(6) The President shall promulgate without delay an Act as finalized under paragr
(4) and (5). If the President does not promulgate an Act within five days after it
has become Act under paragraph (5), or after it has been returned to the Executive
under paragraph (4), the Speaker shall promulgate it.
(7) Except as provided otherwise, an Act shall take effect twenty days after the date of
promulgation.