📜 Official Text

(1) The Council of States shall not be subject to dissolution, but as nearly as possible one-third of its members retire every second year as Parliament provides by law. (2) The House of the People, unless sooner dissolved, continues for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting, and no longer - though this period may be extended by up to one year at a time by Parliament while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, subject to an outer limit.