Adjournment Sine Die

A recess that concludes a yearly sitting of the legislative body. A “sine die” (“without day”) cessation establishes no date for reconvening, thus the legislative assembly will not gather again until the commencement of the subsequent session. Pursuant to the foundational document, a sine die termination (unless the next session is imminent) necessitates the accord of both legislative houses, achieved via the passage of a concurrent declaration, which in current practice also empowers heads of either house to reconvene its sitting if circumstances necessitate.