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of the presiding officers of the Assembly.

Powers, Procedures and Privileges

62. The National Assembly may make laws for the peace, order

and good government of Belize.

63. The National Assembly shall not have the power to amend

the Constitution until after the first general election

following independence (save for minor amendments on which

there is unanimous agreement in the National Assembly).

64.

Thereafter the powers of the National Assembly to amend the

Constitution shall be as follows:

a.

No amendment shall be made to the Constitution

except by a Bill approved by a final vote in the

House of Representatives of no less than two-thirds

of the membership; and

b. in regard to the provisions relating to Human

Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the House of

Representatives, the Judiciary, the Belize Advisory

Council, the Public Services Commission, and the

provisions concerning amendment of the Constitution,

no amendment shall be made unless ninety days have

elapsed between the presentation of a Bill and its

second reading in the House of Representatives and

the Bill is approved in the House of

Representatives by a final vote of no less than

three-quarters of the membership.

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