B. THE SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS[1]
The following laws were passed by the Legislative Yüan April 31, XXVI (1937), in amended form, after the election had been postponed.
Article 1. The National Congress shall frame the Constitution, and shall determine its date of execution.
Article 2. i. The National Congress shall be organized by the Representatives of the people to the Congress.
ii. The manner of electing these Representatives is fixed in another set of laws.
Article 3. Members and reserve members of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, and of the Central Supervisory Committee of the Kuomintang shall be Representatives to the Congress without election; members of the National Government and its officials may attend the Congress.
Article 4. The date of convening the Congress is to be fixed by the National Government.
Article 5. The Congress shall convene in the locality occupied by the National Government.
Article 6. Representatives to the Congress shall take an oath of allegiance during the opening ceremonies of the Congress, to wit: "I,———, do hereby promise with absolute sincerity that as a representative of the Chinese people, I shall receive the instructions of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Father of the Republic, and that I shall execute my official power only according to law, and shall obey the discipline of the National Congress."