Article (46) of the Constitution provides as follows:
“Before exercising their powers, the Prime Minister and the Ministers shall take the oath prescribed in Article (78) of this constitution, before the King.
The Prime Minister shall submit the Government’s programme to the Council of Representatives within thirty days after taking the constitutional oath of office, or during the Council’s first meeting, if absent. If the Council of Representatives fails to ratify the programme submitted within 30 days by majority vote, the Council of Ministers shall re-submit the programme, with the appropriate modifications, to the Council of Representatives within twenty-one days from the date of rejection by the Council of Representatives. If the Council of Representatives insists on rejecting the programme for the second time within a period not exceeding twenty-one days by a two-thirds majority vote, the King shall accept the resignation of the Council of Ministers. If the Council of Representatives does not ratify the programme of the new Council of Ministers by the same procedure and within the same time periods as aforementioned, the King may dissolve the Council of Representatives or accept the resignation of the Council of Ministers and shall appoint a new Council of Ministers. The Council of Representatives shall resolve to accept or reject the Government’s programme within the specified time periods. If such periods elapse without a resolution being made by the Council of Representatives, the programme shall be deemed accepted.”
It is worth noting that this constitutional mechanism for approving the Government Programme was applied pursuant to the 2012 constitutional amendments.
