The Parliament of Jamaica is bicameral, consisting of the House of Representatives (Lower House) and the Senate (Upper House).

In the medium term, a European Parliament with two chambers could emerge.

A new draft of the Constitution was written, which this time proposed the establishment of a bicameral form of government.

The Constitution, adopted in January 2004, established an elected presidency and a bicameral National Assembly.

Before the Iranian Revolution, the legislature was bicameral, with the senate (upper house) half elected, half appointed by the Shah.

The Federal Assembly () is the name given to a formal joint session of the two houses of the bicameral Austrian Parliament, the National Council and the Federal Council.

The union has initiated two major legislation amendments, one regarding the need to broaden the definition of family member in the Penal Law, to include family members such as foster family members and cousins.

Under the Constitutional law on elections to the Majlis i Oli, national elections were held in February 2000, and for the first time in the country's history, a professional parliament was elected, consisting of two houses_the Majlis i Milli (the upper house) of the Majlis i Oli and the Majlis i Namoyandagon (the lower house).

The Parliament consisted of two chambers the National Assembly, made up of deputies elected by universal suffrage, and the Economic and Social Council, half of which was made up of elected councillors and the other half of government appointees their term of office was five years.

Positive aspects The Committee welcomes the meaningful political, legal and economic reforms on which the State party has embarked, and notes in particular the adoption of the National Action Charter in 2001, the promulgation of the amended Constitution and the creation of the Constitutional Court in 2002, as well as the establishment of a new bicameral parliament with an elected chamber of deputies.