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Article (68) The Amir shall conclude treaties and agreements by a decree and refer them to the Shura Council accompanied with the appropriate explanatory notes. The treaty or agreement shall have the power of law after ratification and publication in The Official Gazette; however, conciliation treaties and treaties pertaining to the territory of the State, those relating to the right of sovereignty, public or private rights of the citizens, or those that involve an amendment of the laws of the State shall come into force when the same are promulgated by a law. Under no case shall a treaty include secret conditions contradicting its publicized conditions. -32-