French Parliament
Date Constitution Upper chamber Lower chamber
1791 French Constitution of 1791
1793 French Constitution of 1793
1795-1799 Constitution of the Year III Conseil des Anciens Conseil des Cinq-Cents
1799-1802 Constitution of the Year VIII Sénat conservateur Corps législatif
1802-1804 Constitution of the Year X Sénat conservateur Corps législatif
1804-1814 Constitution of the Year XII Sénat conservateur Corps législatif
1814-1815 Charter of 1814 Chamber of Peers Chambre des députés des départements
1815 Additional Act to the Constitutions of the Empire Chamber of Peers Chamber of Representatives
1830-1848 Charter of 1830 Chamber of Peers Chamber of Deputies
1848-1852 French Constitution of 1848
1852-1870 French Constitution of 1852 Sénat Corps législatif
1875-1940 French Constitutional Laws of 1875 Sénat Chamber of Deputies
1940-1944 French Constitutional Law of 1940
1944-1946 Provisional Government of the French Republic
1946-1958 French Constitution of 1946 Conseil de la République Assemblée Nationale
since 1958 French Constitution of 1958 Sénat Assemblée Nationale
History
The French Parliament , as a legislative body , should not be confused with the various parlements of the Ancien Régime in France , which were courts of justice and tribunals with certain political functions varying from province to province and as to whether the local law was written and Roman , or customary common law .
The French Parliament () is the bicameral legislature of the French Republic, consisting of the Senate () and the National Assembly (). Each assembly conducts legislative sessions at a separate location in Paris: the for the Senate and the for the National Assembly. Each house has its own regulations and rules of procedure. However, they may occasionally meet as a single house, the French Congress (), convened at the Palace of Versailles, to revise and amend the Constitution of France.