It is emphasised that the chiral symmetry operator, R_yT, commutes not only with the Hamiltonian but also with the electromagnetic transition operators M(\sigma \lambda ) for \sigma \lambda = M1, E2,  etc. This fact is used to illustrate possible differences in electromagnetic properties between the two chiral partner bands. On the basis of the ¹³²La lifetime data an example is shown where differences in the transition probabilities observed in the partner and in the yrast band can be described in the chiral picture.

PACS numbers: 21.10.Re, 21.10.Tg, 27.60.+j