Chapter 8
PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO NOTIFYING BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF ANY INTENTION TO SUBMIT, FOR RATIFICATION BY THE PRESIDENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS WHOSE RATIFICATION DOES NOT REQUIRE CONSENT GRANTED BY STATUTE
Article 118
1. In the event that the Sejm has been notified by the Prime Minister of his intention to submit, for ratification by the President, an international agreement whose ratification does not require consent granted by statute, the Marshal of the Sejm shall order the printing of such notification together with the text of that international agreement and delivery thereof to the Deputies.
2. The Marshal of the Sejm shall refer any notification, referred to in para. 1, to the Foreign Affairs Committee in order that it may express its attitude about the correctness of the procedure chosen by the Council of Ministers for ratification of an international agreement, and shall also specify the time limit for the submission of the report by the Committee.
Article 119
1. Each Deputy shall have the right to make with the Foreign Affairs Committee, within a time limit specified by the Marshal of Sejm, a written objection to correctness of the procedure chosen by the Council of Ministers for ratification of an international agreement. Any such objection shall be lodged with a written justification.
2. All Deputies who have made objections shall be notified about the time and place of the sitting of the Committee at which the notification referred to in Article 118 is to be considered.
3. The Foreign Affairs Committee shall, after having considered the notification and objections referred to in para. 1, present a report which shall contain a motion either:
1) to accept the notification from the Prime Minister without any objections; or
2) to express by the Sejm of a negative opinion about the correctness of the procedure chosen by the Council of Ministers for ratification of an international agreement.
4. In any case, referred to in para. 3 subpara. 2, the Committee shall at the same time present a relevant draft resolution.
5. An objection, referred to in para. 1, which has been put aside by the Committee, shall be included, upon request of the person who has lodged the objection, in the Committee report as a minority motion. In such a case, that objection shall be formulated in the form of a relevant draft resolution of the Sejm.
Article 120
1. In cases referred to in Article 119 para. 3 subpara. 2 or para. 5, the Marshal of the Sejm shall include the matter of the procedure chosen by the Council of Ministers for ratification of an international agreement in the orders of the day for a sitting of the Sejm, which shall be the first sitting following the submission of the Committee report. The provisions of Article 43 paras. 5-7 shall apply as appropriate. The provisions of Article 37 para. 4 and Article 44 para. 3 shall not apply.
2. The Marshal of the Sejm shall immediately deliver to the Prime Minister and the President any resolution of the Sejm expressing the negative opinion about the procedure chosen by the Council of Ministers for ratification of an international agreement.
3. In the event that the Sejm has failed to pass a resolution about the correctness of the procedure chosen by the Council of Ministers for ratification of an international agreement, the notification referred to in Article 118 shall be deemed accepted by the Sejm without any objections. 4. In cases referred to in Article 119 para. 3 subpara. 1, where the Committee report does not contain any minority motions, the Marshal of the Sejm shall inform the Sejm at the next sitting that there is no objections to the correctness of the procedure chosen by the Council of Ministers for ratification of an international agreement.