Constitution, M: Constitutive Acts of the Mexican Federation

Excerpt from Constitutive Acts of the Mexican Federation, 21 of January, 1824: Also Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States, October 4, 1824

Art. 54. Propositions of laws or decrees, which have been rejected in the chamber, where they originated, before the final reading cannot again be proposed by any member during the sessions of that year, nor until the ordinary sessions of the year following.

Art. 55. If the propositions of laws or decrees after having been discussed be approved by an absolute majority of the members present in both chambers, they shall be sent to the president, who if he also approves shall sign and publish the same; and if not, shall return them with his observations within ten working days to the chamber whence they originated.

Art. 56. The propositions of laws or decrees returned by the presi dent, according to the preceding article, shall be a second time discussed in the two chambers. If in each of them, they be approved by two thirds of the members present, they shall again be sent to the president, who without further excuse must sign and publish them; but if not approved by the votes of two-thirds of the members, they cannot again be proposed until the year following.

Art. 57. If the president should not return a proposed law or decree within the period prescribed in the 55th art. It shall be considered as approved by that very fact, and be promulgated as law; unless while the delay is not yet expired, congress should have closed or suspended its sessions, in which event the return must be made on the first day thereafter when congress shall again unite.

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