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According to the Rules of Procedure, members of the Presidium
elected at the first meeting of the Presidium will take it in turns
to chair the various plenary sessions of the NPC.
At
the first meeting of the Presidium a chair is elected and decisions
reached regarding the selection of deputy secretary-generals,
meeting agendas, voting procedures for particular bills, the
deadline for the deputies to put forward bills and proposals and a
list of the non-voting delegates who may also attend NPC.
The major responsibilities of the subsequent meetings of the
Presidium will be to:
- nominate candidates for those top state offices which are
subject to election at the NPC session (the official candidates
will be determined later by the majority votes of deputies after
discussion among the delegations);
- decide which bills and proposals are to be passed directly to
the delegations and which should first go through a committee and
report stage before returning for further review (these may be
brought forward by the NPC Presidium, Standing Committee, special
committees, State Council, Central Military Commission, Supreme
People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate or by one of
the delegations or by a petition by more than 30 deputies and all
have to fall within the NPC terms of reference);
- schedule the progress of the various bills for consideration by
the delegations;
- decide on the procedural arrangements for considering proposals
concerning dismissal from office and inquiries brought forward by
the various delegations and deputies;
- decide on the procedural arrangements for the various
elections;
- decide on the voting arrangements for the various bills.
However a special meeting of the Presidium with delegation heads
present would be required to:
- decide if any session of the NPC should be conducted as a
closed meeting;
- decide on matters concerning the arrest and trial of a deputy
while the NPC is in session.
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