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Issues in relation to which referendums are mandatory at the national level

Jamaica

Jamaica

Answer
  • Constitutional amendments
  • National sovereignty, national self-determination
  • See also comments
Source

Constitution of Jamaica

(Adopted 1962, last amended 2011)

http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Jamaica/jam62.html

49.3: In so far as it alters –

  1. this section;
  2. sections 2, 34, 35, 36, 39, subsection (2) of section 63, subsections (2), (3) or (5) of section 64, section 65, or subsection (1) of section 68 of this Constitution;
  3. section 1 of this Constitution in its application to any of the provisions specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection; or
  4. any of the provisions of the Jamaica Independence Act, 1962, a Bill for an Act of Parliament under this section shall not be submitted to the Governor-General for his assent unless-

i.                  a period of three months haselapsed between the introduction of the Bill into the House of Representativesand the commencement of the first debate on the whole text of that Bill in thatHouse and a further period of three months has elapsed between the conclusionof that debate and the passing of that Bill by that House, and

ii.                subject to the provisions of subsection (6) of this section, the Bill,not less than two nor more than six months after its passage through bothHouses, has been submitted to the electors qualified to vote for the electionof members of the House of Representatives and, on a vote taken in such manneras Parliament may prescribe, the majority of the electors voting have approvedthe Bill.

Comment
Amandatory referendum is triggered if both Houses pass a bill to amendprovisions detailed in Section 49.3 of the Constitution. The Jamaica Independence Act of 1962, mentioned in49.3, concerns national sovereignty/self-determination.
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