Article 90 [New Parliament]
(1) The ordinary session of Parliament is suspended. The
mandate of the members of the present National Assembly shall
expire on the day that the Assembly elected under this
Constitution convenes.
(2) Until that day, the Government alone shall have the
authority to convene Parliament.
(3) The mandate of the members of the Assembly of the French
Union shall expire at the same time as the mandate of the
members of the present National Assembly.
Article 91 [Other Institutions and Offices]
(1) The institutions of the Republic provided for by this
Constitution shall be established within four months after its
promulgation.
(2) This time limit shall be extended to six months for the
Community institutions.
(3) The powers of the President of the Republic now in office
shall expire only when the results of the election provided for in
Articles 6 and 7 of this Constitution are
proclaimed.
(4) The member States of the Community shall participate in
this first election under the conditions deriving from their status
on the date of promulgation of the Constitution.
(5) The established authorities shall continue to perform their
functions in these States in accordance with the legislation and
regulations applicable at the time of entry into force of the
Constitution, until the authorities provided for by their new
regimes are set up.
(6) Until it is definitively constituted, the Senate shall consist of
the present members of the Conseil de la Republique. The
organic acts that will determine the definitive composition of the
Senate must be passed before July 31, 1959.
(7) The powers conferred on the Constitutional Council by
Articles 58 and 59 of the Constitution shall be exercised,
until this Council has been set up, by a committee composed of
the Vice President of the Conseil d'Etat, as Chairman, the
Presiding Judge of the Cour de Cassation, and the Presiding
Judge of the Cour des Comptes.
(8) The peoples of the member States of the Community shall
continue to be represented in Parliament until the measures
required to implement Title XII have been put into effect.
Article 92 [Establishment by Special Ordinances]
(1) The legislative measures necessary for the setting up of the
institutions and, until they are set up, for the functioning of the
governmental authorities, shall be taken by the Council of
Ministers, after consultation with the Conseil d'Etat, in the
form of ordinances having legislative force.
(2) During the period laid down in Article 91 (1), the
Government shall be authorized to determine, by ordinances
having legislative force and passed in the same way, the
electoral system of the Assemblies provided for by the
Constitution.
(3) During the same period and under the same conditions, the
Government may also, on all matters, take the measures it
deems necessary for the life of the nation, the protection of
citizens or the safeguarding of liberties.