Issues excluded from being the subject of referendums at the national level

Denmark

Denmark

Answer
Finance Bills; Supplementary Appropriation Bills; Provisional Appropriation Bills; Government Loan Bills; Civil Servants (Amendment) Bills; Salaries and Pensions Bills; Naturalization Bills; Expropriation Bills; Taxation (Direct and Indirect) Bills; Bills introduced for the purpose of discharging existing treaty obligations
Source

Denmark, Constitution 1953, accessed 24 September 2019

Section 42.

1. Where a Bill has been passed by the Folketing, one-third of the Members of the Folketing may within three week-days from the final passing of the Bill request of the President that the Bill be subjected to a Referendum. Such request shall be made in writing and signed by the Members making the request. [...]

6. Finance Bills, Supplementary Appropriation Bills, Provisional Appropriation Bills, Government Loan Bills, Civil Servants (Amendment) Bills, Salaries and Pensions Bills, Naturalization Bills, Expropriation Bills, Taxation (Direct and Indirect) Bills, as well as Bills introduced for the purpose of discharging existing treaty obligations shall not be subject to a decision by Referendum. This provision shall also apply to the Bills referred to in sections 8, 9, 10, and 11, and to such resolutions as are provided for in section 19, if existing in the form of a law, unless it has been provided by a special Act that such resolutions shall be put to a Referendum. Amendments of the Constitution Act shall be governed by the rules laid down in section 88.

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