Legal basis for direct democracy at the national level

Constitution ofMauritius

(adopted in1968,  last amended in 1991)

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Article 47(1).Subject to this section, Parliament may alter this Constitution.

Article 47(3). ABill for an Act of Parliament to alter the provisions of section 1 or 57(2)shall not be passed by the Assembly unless – (a) the proposed Bill has before itsintroduction in the Assembly been submitted, by referendum, to the electorateof Mauritius and has been approved by the votes of not less than three quartersof the electorate.