Article 23.
The Reichstag shall be elected for four years. New elections must take place at latest within sixty days after the expiration of its term of office. The Reichstag must hold its first meeting at latest on the thirtieth day after election.
Article 24.
The Reichstag shall meet on the first Wednesday of November in every year at the seat of the Government. The President of the Reichstag is bound to call it together at an earlier date if the President of the Realm, or at least one-third of the deputies, demand it.
The Reichstag determines the date of the close of its session and the date of its reassembly.
Article 25.[20]
The President of the Realm has power to dissolve the Reichstag, but may only do so once on the same ground.
New elections must be held at latest on the sixtieth day after the dissolution.
Article 26.
The Reichstag shall choose its own President, Vice-President, and Secretaries. It shall regulate its own procedure.