the draft constitution of the commonwealth of grenada

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
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