Article 1.  Part 1 of Article 8 of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia “Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly” of December 16, 2016, LA-9-N (hereinafter, Law) shall be supplemented with paragraph 9.3 as follows:

“9.3) within three days after receiving the application regarding the nomination of a member in the composition of the Competition Council (hereinafter; Competition Council) for the election of candidates for the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Committee, a candidate for a member of the Competition Council shall be nominated to the National Assembly.”

Article 2. Part 1 of Article 28 of the Law shall be supplemented by paragraph 20 as follows:

“20) In the case envisaged by paragraph 9.3 of Part 1 of Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure, within seven days after the nomination of a candidate for a membership of the Competition Council by the factions of the National Assembly, a candidate shall be appointed to be a member of the Competition Council from among the candidates nominated by the factions of the National Assembly.

Article 3. In Part 3 of Article 139 of the Law, the words “special investigation service” shall be replaced with “anti-corruption committee.”

Article 4.

1. The present Law, with the exception Article 3 shall enter into force on the 10th day following the official promulgation.

2. Article 3 of this law shall enter into force on the day the law “On Anti-Corruption Committee” enters into force.