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Article 118
 

§ 1. Elections described in Article 116, § 2, as well as the composition and functioning of Councils are fixed by law. But for the German-speaking Community Council, this law is adopted by majority vote as described in Article 4, last paragraph.

 

§ 2. A law, adopted by majority vote as described in Article 4, last paragraph, establishes those maners relative to the election, composition, and functioning of the French Community Council, of the Walloon Regional Council and of the Flemish Community Council, which are regulated by their respective Councils, either by decree or by ruling as described in Article 134, according to the case. This decree and this ruling as described in Article 134 are adopted by a wo-thirds majority vote, provided that a majority of members of the Council concerned are present.