HOUSE OF THE FEDERATION

The Council of Inquiry shall have the following powers and duties:

1) Investigate constitutional disputes and should the council, upon consideration of the matter,
    find it necessary to interpret the constitution, it shall submit its recommendations thereon to
    the House of the Federation;

2) Any court or interested party submits where any Federal or State law is contested as being
    unconstitutional and such a dispute to it, the council shall consider the matter and submit it
    to the house of the Federation for a final decision.

3) When issues of constitutional interpretation arise in the courts, the Council shall:

(a) Remand the case to the concerned court if it finds that there is no
     need for constitutional interpretation:
(b) Submit its recommendations to the House of the Federation for a
     final decision if it believes that there is a need for constitutional
     interpretation.