Constitución en Inglés

99 Corte Constitucional de Colombia ARTICLE 140 ARTICLE 141 ARTICLE 142 Congress shall have its seat in the capital of the Republic. Following an agreement between them, the houses may transfer their seat to some other location, and in case of a disruption of public order, they may meet at a site designated by the President of the Senate. Congress shallmeetasasinglebodyexclusively for the opening and closing of its sessions; to install the President of the Republic; to receive heads of state or government of other countries; to elect the Comptroller General of the Republic, and the Vice President should the popularly elected need to be replaced; and to decide on a motion of censure in accordance with Article 135. In such cases the President of the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall be the President and Vice President of Congress, respectively. Each house shall elect, for the respective constitutional period, standing committees that shall act in the first reading of proposed constitutional amendments or laws. The law shall determine the number of standing committees and their members as well as the subject areas that each of them shall deal with. When permanent constitutional committees hold joint sessions, the quorum for holding votes shall be that which is required by each of the committees singly.