Chapter 10. PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION
Article 98
Amendments and supplements to the Constitution take place by means of a national referendum.
A referendum is called by the President or the Majlisi Namoyandagon with the support of no less than two thirds of the total number of deputies.
Article 99
Proposed amendments and supplements to the Constitution are introduced by the President or by no less than one third of all members of the Majlisi Milli and deputies of the Majlisi Namoyandagon.
Proposed amendments and supplements to the Constitution are published in the press three months before the referendum.
Article 100
The republican form of government, the territorial integrity, the democratic, law-governed, secular, and social nature of the State are unchangeable.
Transitional Provisions
- Amendments and supplements to the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan gain juridical force after the announcement of the results of a national referendum from the day of their official publication.
- Laws and other normative legal acts, effective prior to the inclusion into the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, continue to have force in parts not contradicting the adopted amendments and supplements.
- Elections of the President for two consecutive terms, provided by the fourth part of Article 65, begin after the end of the current President’s term.
- The members of Majlisi Milli, deputies of Majlisi Namoyandagon and cabinet members take an oath in accordance with the procedure established by the Constitution and the constitutional laws after “The Amendments and Supplements to the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan” come into force.
