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ARTICLE 101. Declaration of war shall be authorized by the National Assembly. When, following exceptional circumstances, the National Assembly cannot sit expediently, the decision of a declaration of war shall be taken before the Council of Ministers by the President of the Republic who shall immediately inform the nation of it. The state of siege and the state of emergency shall be decreed in the Council of Ministers, after the advice of the National Assembly. The extension of a state of siege or of a state of emergency beyond fifteen days may be authorized only by the National Assembly. When the National Assembly has not been called on to reach a decision, no state of siege or state of emergency may be decreed without its authorization within the sixty days following the date of enforcement of a previous state of siege or of emergency.