Constitution

Mongolia 1992 Constitution (reviewed 2001)

CHAPTER SIX. Amendments and Changes to the Constitution of Mongolia

Article 68

  1. Any proposed amendments or changes to the Constitution shall be initiated by the competent organs or officials with the right to legislative initiative, and such proposals may be submitted by the Constitutional Tsets (Court) to the State Great Hural (Parliament).
  2. A national referendum on the issue of proposed amendments or changes to the Constitution may be conducted with a supporting vote of at least two thirds by the members of the State Great Hural (Parliament). A referendum shall be conducted in accordance with the grounds in Clause 16 of Section 1 of Article Twenty Five of the Constitution.

Article 69

  1. The Constitution and its amendments or changes shall be adopted by a supporting vote of at least three quarters by all Members of the State Great Hural (Parliament).
  2. If a proposed amendment or change to the Constitution that has been under discussion twice and did not obtain such a supporting vote of at least three quarters by all its Members, then this draft shall not be subject to consideration for discussion until a new composition of the State Great Hural (Parliament), as elected by a regular general elections, assumes its work.
  3. The State Great Hural (Parliament) shall not affect any amendments or changes to the Constitution within the six months prior to the regular general elections.
  4. The amendments or changes made to the Constitution shall have the same force as the Constitution.

Article 70

  1. The laws, decrees and other decisions by the organs of state, and activities of all organizations and citizens, must be in full conformity with the Constitution.
  2. This Constitution of Mongolia shall become effective and enter into force at 12 hours on the 12th day of February of year 1992, or at the hour of Horse on the prime zeal and auspicious good ninth day of Yellow Horse of the first spring month of Black Tiger of the year of Water Monkey of the Seventeenth Sixty-year Cycle.