ARTICLE 62.--The President is charged with the proposing of
laws to the Volksraad, whether his own proposals or others which have
come in to him from the people; he must make these proposals known to
the public by means of the _Staats Courant_ three months before
presenting them to the Volksraad, together with all such other documents
as are judged useful and necessary by him.

ARTICLE 63.--All proposals for a law sent in to the President
shall, before they are published, be judged by the President and
Executive Council as to whether publication is necessary or not.

ARTICLE 64.--The President submits the proposals for laws to
the Volksraad, and charges the official to whose department they belong
first and foremost, with their explanation and defence.

ARTICLE 65.--As soon as the President has received the notice
of the Volksraad that the proposed law is adopted, he shall have that
law published within two months, and after the lapse of a month, to be
reckoned from the publication, he shall take measures for the execution
of the same.

ARTICLE 66.--Proclamation of martial law, as intended in
Article 23, shall only be made by the President with the assent of the
members of the Executive Council. This proclamation must, however, take
place in case of pressing danger, and the law shall then at once be put
into execution; the decision with regard to the danger is left to the
President and the members of the Executive Council, and is on their
responsibility. The Commandant-General must be present at the
consideration and decision of military affairs in the Executive Council
in virtue of his office, and shall have a vote as such therein.