- The State Council and the State Duma are convened annually by decree of the Sovereign Emperor.
- Duration of the annual session of the State Council and State Duma and the lengths of recess during the year are determined by decrees of the Sovereign Emperor.
- The State Council consists of members appointed by the Sovereign Emperor and of elected members. The total number of appointed members of the Council summoned by the Sovereign Emperor to deliberate in the Council must not exceed the total number of the elected members of the Council.
- The State Duma consists of members, elected by the population of the Russian Empire for a five-year term according to the statutes on election to the Duma.
- The State Council verifies the credentials of its elected members. Likewise, the State Duma verifies the credentials of its members.
- The same person cannot serve simultaneously as a member of the State Council and as a member of the State Duma.
- Before its term of office expires, the elected membership of the State Council may be replaced by a new membership by a decree of the Sovereign Emperor in which new elections of Council members are scheduled.
- Before the five-year term of office expires, the State Duma can be dissolved by decree of the Sovereign Emperor. The same decree sets new elections to the Duma and the time for it to convene.
- The State Council and the State Duma possess equal rights in legislative matters.
- The State Council and the State Duma are authorized to initiate legislative proposals according to the procedures they have established in order to enact new laws and to repeal and modify existing laws, with the exception of the Fundamental State Laws that are subject to revision solely upon the initiative of the Sovereign Emperor.
- The State Council and the State Duma are authorized to interpellate, according to procedures they have established, ministers and chief administrators of various departments under the legal jurisdiction of the Governing Senate, concerning actions taken by them or subordinate persons and agencies, which seem to be unlawful.
- The Statutes of the State Council and the State Duma indicate which matters are under the auspices of the Council and Duma and may be open for discussion according to procedures that they have established.
- Legislative proposals that are considered and approved in the State Duma, are submitted to the State Council. Legislative proposals that are initiated in the State Council are considered by the Council, and upon approval, are submitted to the Duma.
- Legislative proposals that have not been adopted in either the State Council or in the State Duma are considered rejected.
- Legislative proposals initiated in the State Council or the State Duma, but not approved by the Sovereign Emperor, cannot be resubmitted for legislative consideration during the same session. Legislative proposals initiated in the State Council or the State Duma and rejected by one of these institutions, can be resubmitted for legislative consideration during the same session, provided the Sovereign Emperor so decrees.
- Legislative proposals brought before, and approved by the State Duma and then by the State Council, and likewise, legislative proposals initiated in, and approved by the State Council, as well as by the State Duma, are then submitted to the Sovereign Emperor by the Chairman of the State Council.
- When the State Budget is under consideration, appropriations for the payment of government debts or other obligations taken up by the Russian Government, are not subject to exclusion or reduction.
- Allocation of funds covering the expenses of the Imperial Court Ministry and of those institutions under its jurisdiction, are not subject to consideration by the State Council or the State Duma if the sums do not exceed the amounts allotted in the State Budget of 1906. Modifications to the allocated funds, which are dependent on regulations found in the Statutes of the Imperial Family and which correspond to the changes within the Statutes, are equally not subject to consideration.
- If the State Budget is not approved before the accounting period, the budget that had been duly approved the previous year will remain in force, with only such changes that meet the requirements of legislation enacted after the budget's approval. Before the promulgation of a new State Budget, on the decision of the Council of Ministers, necessary funds are gradually made available to Ministries and Departments, not exceeding however, in their totality during any month, one-twelfth of all budgetary expenditures.
- Additional over-budget funds for war-time needs and for special preparations preceding a war become available to all departments by supreme command in circumstances defined by law.
- Government loans to cover budget and over-budget expenditures are permitted through the same procedures as established for approval of the State Budget's revenues and expenses. Government loans for covering expenses in cases and according to limits described in Article 116, as well as those loans for covering expenses that are required on the basis of Article 117, are permitted by the Sovereign Emperor, as the supreme administrator. The time and conditions for acquiring government loans are determined at the supreme level of administration.
- If a legislative proposal, submitted in good time to the State Duma, concerning the number of people necessary to reinforce the Army and Navy, is not enacted into law in due process by May 1, then a requisite number of people, but not exceeding the number assigned the previous year, will be conscripted into military service by a decree of the Sovereign Emperor.