CHAPTER XI. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION
Article 112
- The present Constitution shall be universally binding after its promulgation as a fundamental law of the country.
- Any amendments to or universally binding interpretations of this fundamental law may be proposed either by the Government or by Parliament or through the initiative procedure (Art. 64). These shall require the approval of Parliament, either by the unanimous vote of the members present or by a majority of three-quarters of the members present at two successive sittings of Parliament, where appropriate a referendum (Art. 66) and in any event the subsequent assent of the Prince Regnant, with the exception of the procedure to abolish the Monarchy (Art. 113).
Article 113
- Not less than 1,500 citizens as a minimum requirement have the right to introduce an initiative to abolish the Monarchy. In the event of this proposal being accepeted by the People, Parliament shall draw up a new, republican Constitution and submit it to a referendum after one year at the earliest and two years at the latest. The Prince Regnant has the right to submit a new Constitution for the same referendum. The procedure specified in the following therefore replaces the procedure to amend the Constitution laid down in Art. 112 Para. 2.
- If only one draft has been submitted, an absolute majority is sufficient for its adoption (Art. 66 Para. 4). If two drafts have been submitted, the citizens entitled to vote may choose between them and the existing Constitution. In this case, the citizens have two votes in the first ballot and shall award them to the two alternative Constitutions that they wish to go through to the second ballot. The two alternatives with the most first and second votes shall go through to the second ballot. In the second ballot, which must be held 14 days after the first, the citizens shall each have one vote. The Constitution that obtains an absolute majority is then adopted (Art. 66 Para. 4).
