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conventions or other agreements whether
regionally or internationally.
(7) Every person who, at the time when the
referendum is held, would be entitled to vote for the purpose of
electing members of the Assembly shall be entitled to vote on a
referendum held for the purposes of this section in accordance with
such procedures as may be prescribed by Parliament for the purposes
of the referendum, and no other person shall be entitled so to vote.
(8) In any referendum for the purposes of this section
the votes shall be given by ballot in such manner as not to disclose
how any particular person has voted.
(9) The conduct of any referendum for the purposes of
this section shall be the responsibility of the Electoral and Boundaries
Commission and the provisions of subsections (13), (14) and (15) of
section 94 of this Constitution shall apply in relation to the exercise by
that Commission of its functions with respect to a referendum as they
apply in relation to the exercise of its functions with respect to the
election of members of the Assembly.
(10) A bill to alter any of the provisions of this
Constitution or of the Supreme Court Order shall not be submitted to
the President for his assent unless it is accompanied by a certificate
under the hand of the Speaker that the provisions of subsection (2) of
this section have been complied with and, where a referendum has
been held in pursuance of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this
section, by a certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the
Electoral and Boundaries Commission stating the results of the
referendum.
(11) The certificate of the Speaker under subsection
(10) of this section shall be conclusive that the provisions of
subsections (2) and (3) of this section have been complied with and
shall not be enquired into in any court of law.
(12) In this subsection, and in subsections (10) and (11)
of this section, references to the Speaker shall, if the person holding
the office of Speaker is for any reason unable to perform the functions
of the office, and no other person is performing them, include
references to the Deputy Speaker.
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