CONSTITUTION
OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI
TITLE
XIII
AMENDMENTS
TO THE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 282:
On the
recommendation, with reasons given to support it, of one of the two
(2) Houses or of the Executive Branch, the Legislature may declare that
the Constitution should be amended.
ARTICLE
282-1:
This declaration
must be supported by two-thirds (2/3) of each of the two (2) Houses.
It may be made only in the course of the last Regular Session of the
Legislative period and shall be published immediately throughout the
territory.
ARTICLE
283:
At the
first session of the following legislature period, the Houses shall
meet in a National Assembly and decide on the proposed amendment.
ARTICLE
284:
The National
Assembly may not sit or deliberate on the amendment unless at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the members of each of the two (2) Houses are present.
ARTICLE
284-1:
No decision
of the National Assembly may be taken without a majority of two-thirds
(2/3) of the votes cast.
ARTICLE
284-2:
The amendment
passed may enter into effect only after installation of the next elected
President. In no case may the President under the Government that approved
the amendment benefit from any advantages deriving therefrom.
ARTICLE
284-3:
General
elections to amend the Constitution by referendum are strictly forbidden.
ARTICLE
284-4:
No amendment
to the Constitution may affect the democratic and republican nature
of the State.
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