If a party has gained more direct mandates in a Land than it is entitled to according to the results of the second vote, it does not forfeit these mandates because all directly elected candidates are guaranteed a seat in the Bundestag.

If the nominee of the President is not elected, the Bundestag may elect its own nominee within fourteen days.

If no-one is elected within this period, the Bundestag will attempt an election.

If the person with the highest number of votes does not have a majority, the President may either appoint them or call new elections for the Bundestag.

If this occurs, the president must dismiss the chancellor and appoint the successor requested by the Bundestag.

If the Bundestag rejects a motion of confidence, but neither a new chancellor is elected nor the Bundestag is dissolved, the president may, by request of the cabinet, declare a " legislative state of emergency ", which is quite different from a conventional state of emergency: If it is declared, during a limited period of time, bills proposed by the cabinet and designated as " urgent ", but rejected by the Bundestag, become law nonetheless, if the Bundesrat does pass them.

( 1 ) If a motion of a Federal Chancellor for a vote of confidence is not assented to by the majority of the members of the Bundestag, the Federal President may, upon the proposal of the Federal Chancellor, dissolve the Bundestag within twenty-one days.

If the absolute veto is used, the Bundesrat, the Bundestag, or the government can convene a joint committee to negotiate a compromise.

The candidate whose party or parties have the majority in the Bundestag is considered to be the likely winner and, in the main, has achieved the necessary majority-however, the Assembly can be turned around by state delegates ( if the Bundestag opposition has done well in state elections ), this can indicate the result of an upcoming general election ( If you can create a president, you can form a government ).

If, in a state of defence, the Bundestag ( parliament ) can not convene, its functions and those of the Bundesrat ( federal council ) are taken over by a Joint Committee.

If the parliament passes a resolution of no confidence, or refuses to pass an important bill such as the budget, then the government must either resign so that a different government can be appointed or seek a parliamentary dissolution so that new general elections may be held in order to re-confirm or deny the government's mandate.

If, for instance the British Prime Minister wished to dissolve parliament in order for a general election to take place, the Prime Minister is constitutionally bound to request permission from the sovereign in order to attain such a wish.

If it could be proved that a Scottish parliament were desirable ... Scotsmen should support it.

If a federal or provincial law has been held contrary to the division of power provisions of one of the various constitution acts, the legislature or parliament must either live with the result, amend the law so that it complies, or obtain an amendment to the constitution.

If a law is declared contrary to certain sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, parliament or the provincial legislatures may make that particular law temporarily valid again against by using the " override power " of the notwithstanding clause.

If he approves it, it will become a statute passed down by the members of parliament which is called an Act of Parliament.

If passed by the parliament of South Africa, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill of 2008 will provide for the protection and restriction on commercial use of the name Rooibos in that country.

If Hamilton and Smith had remained in parliament, the Downey said he might have recommended long periods of suspension for both.

If they do not vote the party line, they risk being demoted on the list in the next election and not returning to parliament.

If a government maintains the support of the elected parliament, the budget must be approved within a nominated period or else entitlement and authority for the approval of the budget is determined by a statutory majority of the parliament.

If the Senate twice in a three month period refuses to pass the same piece of legislation that was initiated in the lower house, the government may either abandon the bill or continue to revise it, or, in certain circumstances outlined in section 57 of the Constitution, the Prime Minister can recommend the governor-general dissolve the entire parliament in a double dissolution.

If parliament comes to a different conclusion during the second reading, a third reading will be held at least three days later, repeating the debate and vote, and may adopt the amendments from the second reading or finally dismiss the bill.

If the rejected law is passed again by a majority in the parliament, however, the president must sign it.

If this cannot be done, parliament is dissolved and a general election is called.

And if the success of the revolution demands a temporary limitation on the working of this or that democratic principle, then it would be criminal to refrain from such a limitation ... The revolutionary proletariat might limit the political rights of the higher classes ... If in a burst of revolutionary enthusiasm the people chose a very fine parliament ... then we would make of it a long parliament ; and if the elections turned out unsuccessfully then we would have to try to disperse it.

If the parliament is not in session, the president is authorized to regulate all matters required by the state of war through regulations carrying the force of law.

If a senator's seat becomes vacant mid-term, whether through resignation, death or some other possible reasons, the parliament of the relevant state or the legislative assembly of the relevant territory chooses a replacement senator.

If monarchs were going to impose their will on their kingdom, they would have to control parliament rather than be subservient to it.

If these grandees were supporters of the incumbent monarch, this gave the Crown and its ministers considerable influence over the business of parliament.

If in the 1990 Supreme Council ( parliament ) the RPA was represented by one member — Ashot Navasardyan and in the 1995 National Assembly of the first convocation — by five MPs, in the National Assembly of the second convocation elected in 1999 the RPA was the party with the biggest number of MPs ( 30 ).

If a new president has not been elected by the end of a president's term, or if 30 days elapse following a vacancy, some powers are moved to prime minister, some are moved to the chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, or to the chairman of the Senate, if parliament is in a state of dissolution at the time of the vacancy.

If no candidate wins in the third round, another ballot has to be considered in a subsequent joint session of parliament.

If the holy river declares him innocent and he remains unharmed the man who laid the spell shall be put to death.

For Frye, this kind of coherent, critical integrity involves claiming a body of knowledge for criticism that, while independent of literature, is yet constrained by it: " If criticism exists ," he declares, " it must be an examination of literature in terms of a conceptual framework derivable from an inductive survey of the literary field " itself ( Anatomy 7 ).

If a port house decides that its wine is of quality sufficient for a vintage, samples are sent to the IVDP for approval and the house declares the vintage.

If, however, salutary acts can in virtue of the Divine justice give the right to an eternal reward, this is possible only because they themselves have their root in gratuitous grace, and consequently are of their very nature dependent ultimately on grace, as the Council of Trent emphatically declares ( Sess.

If n is composite then the Miller – Rabin primality test declares n probably prime with a probability at most 4 < sup >− k </ sup >.

He seems indeed himself to have been at last convinced of the necessity in English political life of party government, for though in his cautions to electors he warns them against men " tied to a party ," yet in his last words he declares: If there are two parties a man ought to adhere to that which he disliked least though in the whole he doth not approve it ; for whilst he doth not list himself in one or the other party, he is looked upon as such a straggler that he is fallen upon by both.

If so, the returning officer declares the candidate with the highest number of votes to be elected as President.

If at any point a player picks up cards and has all 8 natural cards of a certain rank, he declares this out loud when realised ( players should always be checking for this ) and removes them from the game ( placed somehow to the side ).

* Lord Howick declares " If I thought the great mass of people were hostile to Britain, I should say that what ought to be done would be to see how a final separation between them and us could be effectuated without sacrificing British interests ; but I do not think that British Canadians are opposed to British domination, for our alliance is more necessary to them than their connection is important to us.

* In the House of Lords, Lord Camden declares: " If I were an American, I should resist to the last such manifest exertions of tyranny, violence and injustice.

She then takes the staff of leadership and declares, " If the Council has lost its way, if it will not lead, if we have abandoned our covenant with Valen ... then the council should be broken ... as was prophesied!

If the vice president and a majority of the president's cabinet declares that the president is unable to serve in that role, the vice president becomes acting president.

" If someone declares that the book in front of him is the book in front of him it leads nowhere, in the same way that a person claiming that " God is -- God " is wasting our time.

If South declares this hand at notrump and the opening lead is a club, he will probably take just nine tricks with the top cards in his hand.

The pastor replies that what he sees is " sin and the devil ," and declares the biblical quote of " If thine eye offends thee ... pluck it out!

If the player is playing Daichi's storyline, then Sora loudly declares that she doesn't care what happens to anyone in this dream ; she's only concerned that if she and Daichi die in this dream, they might die in real life.

If the umpire declares the hindrance intentional, the following penalty shall apply: With less than two outs, the umpire shall declare both the runner and batter out.

If the umpire declares the hindrance intentional, the following penalty shall apply: With less than two out, the umpire shall declare both the runner and batter out.

If a member of the fielding side deliberately distracts or attempts to distract the batsman on strike while he is preparing to receive or receiving a delivery, the umpire immediately declares the ball to be dead.

If the holy river declares him innocent and he remains unharmed the man who laid the spell shall be put to death.

If the Internal Revenue Service ( in refusing the FCDC Church of Scientology, Washington DC non-profit status ) continues to act up or if the FDA does sue we can of course Comm Ev of Evidence them and if found guilty, label and publish them as a Suppressive Group and fair game ... one is fair game until he or she declares against us.

If you choose honorable and humble answers the elemental declares your group wise and destroys the sorcerer.

If player has something to declare, he declares it when it's his turn to play his first card.

If no succeeding player wishes to play a loner, the bidder declares suit by saying, " Give me your best heart ", " Give me your best club ", etc.