the place and date of signature, the signature of the Federal President and the countersignatures of the Federal Chancellor and of the Federal Ministers responsible for the subject-matter of the law: Greece Hellenic Parliament: Normal Lawmaking According to the current Constitution of Greece (since March, 1986) each law is approved by the Parliament and promulgated by the President of the Republic. Before the first amendment of the current Constitution of Greece (until March, 1986) each law had to be approved by the Parliament and then to be ratified and promulgated by the President of the Republic. Under the presidential parliamentary Constitution of 1927 and since the Senate's formation in June, 1929, each law had to be approved by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate and then to be promulgated by the President of Republic. While, until Senate's formation: And during the Fourth National Assembly at Athens held between January, 1924 and September, 1925: Also, during constitutional monarchy regime, under the Constitutions of 1864 (as amended in 1911 and re-enacted in 1935) and 1952, each law had to be approved by both the Parliament and the King and then promulgated by the later. Especially, under the Constitution of 1844, each law had to be approved by the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and the King and then promulgated by the last. Lawmaking under the state of emergency In case of extremely urgent unforeseen situations, the Constitution grants the Greek government along with the President of the Republic to issue legislative acts bypassing the parliamentary approval, in order to deal with urgent issues, provided that act to be later submitted for sanction in Parliament within forty days after either its promulgation or the parliamentary session convocation, in order to acquire legal power. Under the previous presidential parliamentary Constitutions, Emergency laws and legislative decrees were enacted by the following clause: Especially, during Second Hellenic Republic period, emergency laws and legislative decrees were enacted by the following clause: During the Kingdom of Greece period, emergency laws and legislative decrees were enacted by the following clause: Especially, under 1952 Constitution, the legislative decrees were promulgated only during the absence of Parliament-in-session with consent of a special parliamentary committee, consisted of a fixed by law number of MPs appointed in advance at the start of each session. Constitutional and Parliament Regulation amendments Currently, any amendment of the Constitution Law must be published in the official