Part V · General
Article 87 Special address by the President.
This article provides for the special address. The President addresses both Houses assembled together at two moments. One is the first session after each general election to the House of the People. The other is the first session of each year. The address informs Parliament of the causes of its summons. Rules of procedure allot time for discussing it.
- (1) At the commencement of the first session after each general election to the House of the People and at the commencement of the first session of each year the President shall address both Houses of Parliament assembled together and inform Parliament of the causes of its summons.
- (2) Provision shall be made by the rules regulating the procedure of either House for the allotment of time for discussion of the matters referred to in such address 3***.
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This article provides for the special address. The President addresses both Houses assembled together at two moments. One is the first session after each general election to the House of the People. The other is the first session of each year. The address informs Parliament of the causes of its summons. Rules of procedure allot time for discussing it.