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Belize
Procedure for Amending the Constitution
Belize
Procedure for Amending the Constitution
Chapter Six gives the National Assembly the power to amend the
constitution, with some sections and articles subject to a more
stringent procedure than others. The more stringent procedure
applies to changing any of the fundamental rights and freedoms
enumerated in Chapter Two; any change in the form of the National
Assembly; the establishment of election districts and the conduct
of elections; any change relating to the judiciary; and provisions
relating to the granting of pardons and commutations, the Belize
Advisory Council, the director of public prosecutions, the auditor
general, and the public service. Schedule Two and Section Sixtynine , which detail the amendment process, are also subject to the
more stringent procedures. To present a bill amending any of the
above provisions to the governor general for assent, at least
ninety days must pass between the introduction of the bill into the
House of Representatives and the start of House proceedings on the
second reading (or floor debate) of the bill, and the bill must
receive not less than a three-quarter majority vote of all the
members of the House of Representatives upon final reading, or
passage, of the bill. Bills to amend other sections of the
constitution require a vote of not less than a two-thirds majority
of all the members of the House for passage upon final reading.
Laws amending the constitution were adopted in 1984, 1985, and
1988. These constitutional amendments mainly revised sections
defining citizenship and detailing procedures for the appointment
and removal of certain government officials and for dividing the
country into election districts for the House of Representatives.
Data as of January 1992
