Article 51 Starting Date: 01/01/1972
(as amended pursuant to Emiri Resolution No. 11 of 1975, the Official Gazette No. 7 of 1975) The Shura Council shall be responsible for the following: First: Discussing the following: Public policy of the State in the political, economic and administrative sides presented by the government. State’s affairs in social and cultural fields. Draft laws proposed by the Council of Ministers which shall be presented to the Shura Council before submitting to the Emir for ratification and promulgation. Draft budget for public main projects. Second:Requesting information from the Council of Ministerson any matter within itsjurisdiction about matters related to the public policy of the government, and from the competent minister about matters within the jurisdiction of his ministry. Third: Providing recommendations and suggestions with respect to the matters referred to in the preceding paragraphs. The Shura Council may not intervene in works that are within the jurisdiction of the Executive Authority or the Judiciary. A member of the Shura Council shall in no circumstances be held blamable for the substantive opinions or statements he makes in respect of matters within the jurisdiction of the Council. A member may be prosecuted due to what he made of defamation or cursing to anyone who was at in the Council or its committees.