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How is an RS law adopted?

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How is an RS law adopted?

The National Assembly adopts laws; the Council of Peoples is not a general second chamber but participates on vital national interest issues. Presidential return of a law is suspensive, not final.

  1. RS President, Government, deputy or voters

    A law may be proposed by the Republic President, Government, any deputy or at least 3,000 voters (Article 76).

  2. RS National Assembly

    Adopts the law by a majority of all deputies unless the Constitution requires a special majority (Article 75).

  3. RS Council of Peoples

    Laws concerning VNI under Article 70 are considered in the Council of Peoples. More than one chair/vice-chair may initiate the procedure; a single such claim requires two thirds of the corresponding caucus, and two thirds of a caucus may also determine VNI themselves. The chair and vice-chairs make that decision within one week.

  4. Joint commission and RS Constitutional Court

    The commission’s outcome depends on the trigger: in the Article 70(a) procedure initiated by more than one chair/vice-chair, an unharmonised act fails and returns to the proposer, who may not repeat the same text. In the Article 70(b) procedure initiated by a two-thirds caucus majority, commission failure leads to the RS Constitutional Court.

  5. RS President

    Promulgates the law by decree within seven days of National Assembly adoption; within that period may request reconsideration (Article 80).

  6. Official Gazette of RS

    The law is published before entering into force; ordinarily it takes effect no earlier than the eighth day after publication, exceptionally earlier for particularly justified reasons (Article 109).