Senators are elected for nine years; deputies to the Chamber of Deputies for four years.

The President of the Republic is chosen by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies sitting together for that purpose.

He is chosen for seven years and is eligible for re-election; he is responsible to the Chambers only in case of high treason; he enjoys, conjointly with the members of the two Chambers, the right of proposing laws; he promulgates them when passed and supervises their execution; he disposes of the armed forces of France and has the right of pardon formerly vested in the Kings of France.

Conformably to the advice of the Senate he may dissolve the Chamber of Deputies.

Each Chamber may initiate proposals for laws, save that financial measures rest solely with the Chamber of Deputies.
The Chambers may decide that the Constitution shall be revised.