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Parliament
Section One: Elections and Composition of the Parliament
Article Fifty-One
Paragraph One: The number of members of Parliament shall be determined by law, but shall not be less than two hundred or more than three hundred.
Paragraph Two: Each member of Parliament represents the nation.
Paragraph Three: Members of Parliament shall be elected by citizens with voting rights through direct, universal, and secret ballot, in accordance with the provisions of the law. No one shall be deprived of their voting rights unless they have not reached the legal voting age, lack legal capacity, or have been subject to a final criminal conviction for a felony.
Paragraph Four: Parliamentary elections shall be held simultaneously throughout the country.
Paragraph Five: The law shall regulate the exercise of voting rights by those residing outside the territory of Greece.
Paragraph Six: The exercise of voting rights is an obligation. Exceptions and sanctions shall be provided by law for each election.
Article Fifty-Two
All officials of the state must ensure that the expression of public opinion, as a manifestation of popular sovereignty, is free and genuine in all circumstances. The sanctions for violations of this provision shall be determined by law.
Article Fifty-Three
Paragraph One: The term of elected members of Parliament is four consecutive years, starting from the date of the general election. Upon the expiration of the parliamentary term, elections must be held within thirty days, and the new Parliament must convene within the following thirty days. The holding of elections and the convening of the new Parliament must be announced by a presidential decree countersigned by the Cabinet.
Paragraph Two: In the last year of the parliamentary term, if there are vacancies among the members of Parliament, and if the vacancies do not exceed one-fifth of the total number of members, no supplementary elections shall be required.
Paragraph Three: In the event of war, the parliamentary term shall be extended until the end of the war. If the Parliament has been dissolved, elections shall be postponed until after the war, and the dissolved Parliament shall be reconvened in accordance with the law.
Article Fifty-Four
Paragraph One: The electoral system and the division of electoral districts shall be determined by law.
Paragraph Two: The number of members to be elected from each electoral district shall be determined by presidential decree based on the latest census of the legal population of that district.
Paragraph Three: In accordance with the law, no more than one-twentieth of the total number of members may be elected in a nationwide election based on the proportion of each party in the total number of voters in Greece.
Section Two: Cancellation of Membership and Prohibition of Concurrent Positions
Article Fifty-Five
Paragraph One: The eligibility of candidates for membership in Parliament requires that they be Greek citizens who are at least 25 years old and possess legal voting rights.
Paragraph Two: Any member of Parliament who is deprived of any of the above qualifications shall lose their position as a member of Parliament by law.
Article Fifty-Six
Paragraph One: Civil servants and employees of the military and security forces, local government agencies, or other public legal entities, mayors and town mayors, presidents or chairpersons of public legal entities or public enterprises and municipal enterprises, notaries, registrars of mortgages and transfers, shall not participate in elections or be elected as members of Parliament unless they have resigned from their positions prior to being nominated. Resignation shall be valid only if submitted in writing. Officers who resign shall not be allowed to return to active duty, and civil servants and employees shall not be allowed to resume their original positions within one year of resignation.
Paragraph Two: University professors are not subject to the restrictions of the previous paragraph. Professors elected as members of Parliament shall suspend their teaching duties during their term in the current Parliament, and the method for filling the vacancy of the professor shall be determined by law.
Paragraph Three: Civil servants receiving salaries, active military officers and officers of security forces, employees of general public legal entities, and directors and employees of public enterprises and municipal enterprises or public welfare institutions shall not participate in elections or be elected as members of Parliament in any electoral district where they have served for more than three months in the last three years prior to the election. This restriction also applies to those who served as secretaries of government departments during the last six months of the four-year parliamentary term. Those appointed as national representatives and junior officials of central state agencies are not subject to this restriction.
Paragraph Four: General civil servants and military personnel who have legal obligations and must serve for a certain period shall not participate in elections or be elected as members of Parliament during their service period.
Article Fifty-Seven
Paragraph One: The position of a member of Parliament is incompatible with the positions of directors, chairpersons, general managers, or their representatives, and is also incompatible with positions as employees of privileged or state-funded trading companies or enterprises, or as employees of public enterprises with charters.
Paragraph Two: Members of Parliament who fall under the provisions of the previous paragraph must indicate their choice within eight days from the date of their last election; whether to hold a parliamentary position or to hold the positions mentioned in the previous paragraph. Failure to indicate their position within the specified time shall result in the loss of their position as a member of Parliament by law.
Paragraph Three: Any member of Parliament who accepts a position or role that is disqualified under this article or the previous article shall lose their position as a member of Parliament by law.
Paragraph Four: No member of Parliament shall accept agency commissions, project research, or construction tasks from the state, local government agencies, or other public legal entities or public enterprises and municipal enterprises, nor shall they contract public taxes or municipal taxes, nor shall they lease or acquire in any form real estate owned by the aforementioned institutions. Violations of this provision shall result in the loss of their position as a member of Parliament, and related actions shall be deemed invalid. Any actions taken by members of Parliament in which they serve as directors, executive directors, legal advisors, or shareholders with full or partial responsibility in enterprises or commercial companies shall also be deemed invalid.
Paragraph Five: Contracts for construction and project research that members of Parliament entered into prior to their election, as specified in Paragraph Four of this article, shall be continued, transferred, or terminated in accordance with the law.
Article Fifty-Eight
Paragraph One: Disputes regarding the legality of elections arising from violations of electoral procedures or lack of legal qualifications shall be investigated and adjudicated by the Special Supreme Court as provided in Article One Hundred.
Section Three: Duties and Rights of Members of Parliament
Article Fifty-Nine
Paragraph One: Before taking office, members of Parliament shall publicly swear the following during a parliamentary session:
“I swear by the name of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity: to be loyal to the homeland and democratic politics, to uphold the Constitution and the laws, and to faithfully fulfill my duties.”
Paragraph Two: Members of Parliament of other religions shall also take the same oath, but shall replace the religious tenets in the oath with their respective religious tenets.
Paragraph Three: Members of Parliament announced after the closing of the Parliament must take the oath during group meetings.
Article Sixty
Paragraph One: Members of Parliament have the right to express their opinions freely and to vote according to their beliefs without restriction.
Paragraph Two: Members of Parliament have the right to submit their resignation to the Speaker of Parliament; once resigned, they shall not be allowed to resume their position as a member of Parliament.
Article Sixty-One
Paragraph One: No member of Parliament shall be prosecuted or subjected to any form of inquiry based on opinions expressed or votes cast while performing their duties as a member of Parliament.
Paragraph Two: In cases of defamation, prosecution against a member of Parliament shall only be permitted with the permission of Parliament, and such cases shall be adjudicated by the appellate court. If Parliament does not make a decision within forty days after the accusation is submitted to the Speaker, the aforementioned permission shall be deemed to be finally denied. In cases of refusal to grant permission or failure to make a decision within the aforementioned time frame, no prosecution shall be allowed against the actions of a member of Parliament.
The provisions of this paragraph apply during the recess of Parliament.
Paragraph Three: Members of Parliament shall not be held responsible for testifying about situations they have obtained or provided while performing their duties, nor shall they be held responsible for testifying about those who commissioned them to provide information or those who received the information they provided.
Article Sixty-Two
During their term in Parliament, members shall not be prosecuted, arrested, detained, or subjected to other restrictions without the permission of Parliament. Similarly, members of a dissolved Parliament shall not be prosecuted for political crimes during the period from the dissolution of Parliament until the announcement of the newly elected members of Parliament. If the prosecutor's request for prosecution is submitted to the Speaker and Parliament does not make a decision within three months, it shall be deemed a refusal of permission.
The three-month period shall be extended in the event of a parliamentary recess.
Members of Parliament may be detained for crimes without the need for permission.
Article Sixty-Three
Paragraph One: Members of Parliament have the right to receive allowances and expenses from the treasury for the performance of their duties, the amount of which shall be determined by the plenary session of Parliament.
Paragraph Two: According to the decision of the plenary session of Parliament, members may enjoy free transportation, free mailing of letters, and free telegraph services.
Paragraph Three: If a member of Parliament is absent without cause more than five times within a month, their monthly allowance shall be deducted by one-thirtieth for each absence.
Section Four: Organization and Functions of Parliament
Article Sixty-Four
Paragraph One: In accordance with the law, Parliament shall convene its regular session on the first Monday of October each year to address the annual agenda, but the President of the Republic may convene it earlier in accordance with the provisions of Article Forty.
Paragraph Two: The regular session of Parliament shall last no less than five months, excluding the time of temporary recess in accordance with the provisions of Article Forty.
The regular session shall not be adjourned before the budget is passed in accordance with Article Seventy-Nine or before voting on a specific law in accordance with the same article.