The law also defines the privileges and rights enjoyed by Shoura Council members. They have to take a constitutional oath before the President. The Shoura council has to draw up a standing order to organize its work, way of holding its meetings and way decisions are taken. All this has to be passed in a law. The President of the Republic has the authority to ask for joint meetings of the Parliament and Shoura Council to discuss tasks to be carried out by the two parties.
Decisions are to be taken in joint meetings with the majority of attendants.
The law indicates other issues pertaining to Shoura Council and joint meetings. Territories of the Republic of Yemen are to be divided into administrative units whose number, limits, divisions and the bases and criteria depended in division. The law is to define the way of directors candidacy, election and selection as it defines their duties and that of units directors in these administrative units. The law identifies their number, boundaries and the bases and criteria the administrative division is depended on. The law also defines the method of nominating and electing or choosing and appointing heads of those units.