(1) Parliament may alter any of the provisions of this
Constitution or of the Supreme Court Order in the manner specified in the
following provisions of this section.
(2) A bill to alter any of the provisions of this Constitution or of the
Supreme Court Order shall not be regarded as being passed by the National
Assembly unless on its final regarding the bill is supported by the votes of not
less than two-thirds of all the Representatives.
(3) A bill to alter this section, schedule 1 to this Constitution or any of
the provisions of this Constitution specified in Part 1 of that schedule or any
of the provisions of the Supreme Court Order specified in Part 2 of that
schedule shall not be submitted to the Governor-General for his assent unless-
a) there has been an interval of not less than ninety days between the
introduction of the bill in the National Assembly and the beginning of the
proceedings in the Assembly on the second reading of the bill; and
b) after it has been passed by the Assembly the bill has been approved on a
referendum by not less than two-thirds of all the votes validity cast on that
referendum in the island of Saint Christopher and two-thirds of all the votes
validly cast on that referendum in the island of Nevis.
(4) The provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) shall not apply in
relation to any bill to alter-
a) section 99 in order to give effect to any agreement between Saint
Christopher and Nevis and the United Kingdom concerning appeals from any court
having jurisdiction in Saint Christopher and Nevis to Her Majesty in Council;
b) any of the provisions of the Supreme Court Order in order to give effect
to any international agreement of which Saint Christopher and Nevis is a party
relating to the Supreme Court or any other court of law (or any officer or
authority having functions in respect of any such court) constituted in common
for Saint Christopher and Nevis and for other countries also parties to the
agreement; or
c) any of the provisions of this Constitution relating to the island of Nevis
that have become spent or inappropriate as a result of the enactment by the
Nevis Island Legislature of a law under section 113(1) providing that the island
of Nevis shall cease to be federated with the island of Saint Christopher.
(5) A bill to alter section 104 in its application to other provisions of
this Constitution (not being provisions referred to in subsection (3) of this
section) shall not be submitted to the Governor-General for his assent unless
the alteration is in accordance with a request from, or the consent of the Nevis
Island Assembly signified by resolution; and references in section 104 to those
other provisions shall not be construed as including references to any law
altering those other provisions unless that section is altered so to provide.
(6) Every person who, at the time when a referendum is held for the purposed
of this section, would be entitled to vote in elections of Representatives held
in the island of Saint Christopher shall be entitled to vote on that referendum
in that island; every person who, at that time, would be entitled to vote on
that referendum in that island; and no other person shall be entitled to vote on
that referendum in the island of Saint Christopher or, as the case may be, in
the island of Nevis.
(7) The right of any person to vote on a referendum under this section shall
be exercised in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed by
Parliament for the purposes of the referendum.
(8) In any referendum for the purposes of this section the voters shall given
by ballot in such manner as not to disclose how any particular person votes.
(9) The conduct of any referendum for the purposes of this section shall be
the responsibility of the Supervisor of Elections and the provisions of
subsections (4), (5) and (7) of section 34 shall apply in relation to the
exercise by the Supervisor of Elections or by any other officer of his functions
with respect to a referendum as they apply in relation to the exercise of his
functions with respect to elections of Representatives.
(10) a) A bill to alter any of the provisions of this Constitution or of the
Supreme Court Order shall not be submitted to the Governor-General for his
assent unless it is accompanied by certificate under the hand of the Speaker
that the provisions of subsection (2) and, where applicable, those of subsection
3(a) have been complied with and, where a referendum has been held in pursuance
of subsection (3)(b), by a certificate under the hand of the Supervisor of
Elections stating the results of the referendum.
b) The certificate of the Speaker under this subsection shall be conclusive
that the provisions of subsections (2) and, where applicable, those of
subsections (3) have been complied with and shall not be enquired into in any
court of law.
c) In this subsection references to the Speaker shall, if the person holding
the office of Speaker is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his
office and no other person is performing them, include references to the Deputy
Speaker.