Legal provisions for mandatory referendums at national level

Constitution, Article 174:

(1) The Emir or one-third of the members of the National Assembly have the right to propose a revision of the Constitution by amending or deleting one or more of its provisions or by adding new provisions.

(2) If the Emir and the majority of the members constituting the National Assembly approve the principle of revision and its subject matter, the Assembly debates the bill Article by Article. Approval by a two-thirds majority vote of the members constituting the Assembly is required for the bill to be passed. The revision comes into force only after being sanctioned and promulgated by the Emir regardless of the provisions of Articles 65 and 66.

(3) If the principle of revision or its subject matter is rejected, it may not be presented again before the lapse of one year from the rejection.

No regulation for DD mechanisms in the Kuwaiti constitution andLaw no 35 of 1962. All national issues are decided upon by the Emir andNational Assembly, and they are not subject to referendum.