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Article 74 Powers and Functions (1) The National Council shall have the power to: (a) consider in terms of Article 75 hereof all bills passed by the National Assembly; (b) investigate and report to the National Assembly on any subordinate legislation, reports and documents which under law must be tabled in the National Assembly and which are referred to it by the National Assembly for advice; (c) recommend legislation on matters of regional concern for submission to and consideration by the National Assembly; (d) perform any other functions assigned to it by the National Assembly or by an Act of Parliament. (2) The National Council shall have the power to establish committees and to adopt its own rules and procedures for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its functions. A committee of the National Council shall be entitled to conduct all such hearings and collect such evidence as it considers necessary for the exercise of the National Council’s powers of review and investigations, and for such purposes shall have the powers referred to in Article 59(3) hereof. (3) The National Council shall in its rules of procedure make provision for such disclosure as may be considered to be appropriate in regard to the financial or business affairs of its members. (4) The duties of the members of the National Council shall include the following: (a) all members of the National Council shall maintain the dignity and image of the National Council both during the sittings of the National Council as well as in their acts and activities outside the National Council; (b) all members of the National Council shall regard themselves as servants of the people of Namibia and desist from any conduct by which they seek improperly to enrich themselves or alienate themselves from the people. (5) Rules providing for the privileges and immunities of members of the National Council shall be made by Act of Parliament and all members shall be entitled to the protection of such privileges and immunities.