The Constitution of Spain can be amended through the procedures detailed between Articles 166 to 169 under "Part X: Constitutional Amendment" of the document. Government, 20 legislators, or 30,000 voters. A proposed amendment is approved by not less than two-thirds of all members of the Assembly. Some constitutions use entrenched clauses to restrict the kind of amendment to which they may be subject. A majority of states (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania) must agree to the proposal. endobj The manner in which constitutional amendments are finally recorded takes two main forms. • Amendments to this Basic Law affecting the division of the Federation into Länder, their participation on principle in the legislative process, or the principles laid down in Articles 1 and 20 shall be inadmissible. The Constitution of Brazil states various terms on how it can be amended. A proposed amendment shall be debated and voted on in each Chamber of the National Congress, in two rounds, and shall be considered approved if it obtains three-fifths of the votes of the respective members in both rounds. [8] In 19 states, the state constitutions have been amended at least 100 times. Article 60 is the only article prescribed under Subsection 2 of Section 8 in the Brazilian constitution. An amendment of the Constitution cannot be made unless a year has passed since the rejection by the Assembly of a proposed amendment on the same issue or three years have passed from its rejection by referendum. The President of the Republic may send back the laws on the amendments to the Constitution to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for reconsideration. Passage of a constitutional act in the Czech Republic can only be accomplished through the agreement of three-fifths of all Deputies and Senators present at the time the proposed act is laid before each house of Parliament. ), M.E. stream An amendment approved by referendum is promulgated by the President of the Republic and becomes effective on the date provided for in it. Acts of law and other provisions", articles 14 to 17, states that in order to amend the fundamental laws, the Riksdag must take two identical decisions, and that these decisions must be separated by a general election. State legislatures have however, at various times, used their power to apply for a national convention in order to pressure Congress into proposing a desired amendment. A bill amending the Constitution must be introduced in the National Assembly, and cannot contain any provisions other than constitutional amendments and directly related matters. [18] There are voices in Bulgaria to remove the institution of Great National Assembly, which they view as an anachronism and to adopt a new procedure of constitutional amendment through popular vote. The adoption by the Sejm of a bill amending the provisions of Chapters I, II or XII of the Constitution shall take place no sooner than 60 days after the first reading of the bill. relating to the machinery of government), there can be no entrenchment clause or special procedure which can stand in its way. With the legislative method, an amendment proposal must be published for three months, then approved by an absolute majority of the members of each of the two houses, and approved again in a succeeding term of the houses, with an election intervening. If the Assembly readopts, by a two-thirds majority of the total number of members, the law sent back by the President of the Republic without any amendment, the President of the Republic may submit the law to referendum. The Constitution does not expressly provide for a deadline on the state legislatures' or state ratifying conventions' consideration of proposed amendments. [4], All amendments must be passed by an absolute two-thirds supermajority in the National Assembly (the lower house); as the Assembly has 400 members this requires 267 members to vote for the amendment. Legislature before and after an election (+ referendum if demanded by 1/3 of legislature), Legislature before an election + after an election (+ referendum in some cases), Majority votes in House of Commons and House of Lords (or Commons only if Parliament Act invoked) + Royal Assent, 2/3 of both houses of legislature or 2/3 of state legislatures, State legislatures or constitutional conventions, Both houses of legislature in joint session (or referendum), Prime Minister or any Member of Parliament. In Dillon v. Gloss (1921), the Supreme Court affirmed that Congress—if it so desires—could provide a deadline for ratification. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. Since 2009, Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union has laid down two procedures for the revision of the treaties.[16]. The Constitution is amendable through the terms prescribed under "Title II: Revision of the Constitution" of "Part IX: Guaranteeing and Revision of the Constitution" between Articles 284 and 289.