United Arab Emirates Constitution
The term of the office of the two Controllers expires with the selection of two new controllers at the opening of the next regular annual session. Where a post in the bureau becomes vacant, the FNC selects a substitute to fill that vacancy during the remaining period.
Article (85)
The FNC shall have a General Secretariat headed by a General Secretary. The FNC’s By-law specifieswe the General Secretary’s responsibilities. The FNC makes its by-law and theis by-law is issued by decision of the President of the UAE subject to the approval of the Federal Supreme Council[1].
Article (86)
The sessions of the FNC are held in public. Secret sessions may be held upon the request of a representative of the Government, the Speaker of the FNC, or one third of the FNC’s members.
- ↑ Article (85) was amended by Constitutional Amendment 1/2009. The previous text reads as follows:
“The FNC shall have a General Secretariat assisted by a number of employees subordinated directly to the FNC. The FNC’s by-law specifies the conditions of their service and responsibilities. The FNC makes its by-law. The by-law are issued by the President of the UAE subject to the approval of the Council of Ministers. The by-law specifies- - the responsibilities of the FNC, of the Chairman’s deputies, of the Controllers, and in general everything related to the FNC’s affairs, committees, members, General Secretariat’s Bureau, the FNC’s employees,
- - the rules and procedures of deliberations and voting, and
- - any other matters provided in the Constitution.”
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