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Article (67) The Amir shall discharge the following functions: 1. Drawing up the general policy of the State with the assistance of the Council of Ministers, -30- 2. Ratification and promulgation of laws; and no such law may be issued unless it is ratified by the Amir, 3. Summoning the Council of Ministers to convene at any time deemed necessary for public interest; and the Amir shall preside over the meetings of the Council of Ministers that he attends, 4. Appointment of civil servants and military personnel and terminating their service in accordance with the law, 5. Accrediting diplomatic and consular missions, 6. Granting pardon or commuting penalty in accordance with the law, 7. Conferring civilian and military orders and badges of honor in accordance with the law, 8. Establishment and organization of ministries and other Government bodies and specifying their functions, 9. Establishment and organization of the consultative bodies assisting him in directing the high policies of the -31- State, and the supervision, and specification of the functions thereof. 10. Any other functions vested upon him by this Constitution or the law.