United Arab Emirates Constitution
PART X
CLOSING PROVISIONS[1]
Article (144[2])
- a. If the Supreme Council finds that the high interests of the UAE require the amendment of the Constitution, it submits a draft constitutional amendment to the Federal National Council.
- ↑ The word “temporary” was deleted by Constitutional Amendment 1/1996. The previous title was “Closing and Temporary Provisions”.
- ↑ Article (144) was amended by Constitutional Amendment 1/1996 by which the constitution became permanent. The previous article reads as follows:
- 1. Subject to the provisions of the following paragraphs, the provisions of the Constitution apply for a transitional period of five years according to the Gregorian calendar commencing from the date it comes into force in accordance
- 2.
- a. If the Supreme Council finds that the high interests of the UAE require the amendment of the Constitution, it submits a draft constitutional amendment to the Federal National Council.
- b. The procedures of passing the constitutional amendment are similar to those of passing an Act.
- c. For a constitutional amendment to be passed, it must be approved by twothirds of the votes of the members present of the Federal National Council.
- d. The President of the UAE signs and promulgates in the name and on behalf of the Supreme Council the constitutional amendment.
- 3. During the transitional period, the Supreme Council takes the necessary measures to prepare a draft permanent Constitution which substitutes this temporary constitution. The draft permanent constitution is submitted to the Federal National Council for debate before it is promulgated.
- 4. The Supreme Council calls on the Federal National Council to hold a special session within a maximum of six months before the end of the term of this temporary Constitution to consider the permanent Constitution. The procedures stated in paragraph (2) of this Article must be followed in promulgating the permanent constitution.”
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