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CHAPTER XIV LOCAL GOVERNMENT Local government Council for Carriacou and Petite Martinique 188.(1) There shall be a Council for Carriacou and Petite Martinique, which shall be the principal organ of local government in those islands. (2) The Council shall have such membership and functions as Parliament may prescribe. (3) Parliament may also provide for a system of local government for the other Parishes of Grenada, including the Town of St. George’s, with such membership and functions as may be deemed necessary for the citizenry’s participation in the governance of Grenada. 104
CHAPTER XV ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION Alteration of Constitution 189.(1) Subject to this section, this Constitution may be altered or amended – (a) by a Bill stating in the long title that it is a Bill to alter or amend this Constitution, and is passed by a vote of not less than twothirds of the members of the National Assembly; (b) there has been an interval of not less than ninety days between the introduction of the Bill in the National Assembly and the beginning of the proceedings in the Assembly on the final reading of the Bill in that House; (c) the Bill has been approved on a referendum, held in accordance with such provision as may be made in that behalf by Parliament, by not less than two-thirds of all the votes validly cast on that referendum; and (d) the Speaker certifies that the conditions stated in this section have been satisfied. (2) Every person who, at the time when the referendum is held, would be entitled to vote in elections of members of the National Assembly shall be entitled to vote on a referendum held for the purposes of this section in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed by Parliament for the purposes of the referendum and no other person shall be entitled so to vote. (3) The conduct of any referendum for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section shall be under the general supervision of the Supervisor of Elections and the provisions of Chapter VI of this Constitution pertaining to the exercise by the Supervisor of Elections or by any other officer of those functions, relating to elections of members of the National Assembly shall likewise apply with respect to a referendum. (4) (a) A Bill to alter this Constitution shall not be submitted to the President for his or her assent unless it is accompanied by a certificate under the hand of the Speaker of the National Assembly (or, if the Speaker is for any reason unable to exercise the functions of his or her office, the Deputy Speaker) that the relevant provisions of this section have been complied with and, where a referendum has been held, by a certificate of the Supervisor of Elections stating the results of the referendum. (b) The certificate of the Speaker or, as the case may be, the Deputy Speaker under this 105
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