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 the National Economic and Social Advisory Council;

higher education institutions.

The Constitution Drafting Committee shall disseminate to the general public for its information the draft constitution and the explanatory documents according to paragraph 1, and shall also promote and organise the hearing of public opinions in supplement thereto.

Once a Member of the Constitution Drafting Assembly has received the draft constitution and the documents according to section 26, if he desires to amend it, he shall be able to do so when Members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly numbering not less than one tenth of the existing Members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly have countersigned [his amendment], and the amendment application must be filed together with [a statement of] grounds before the day appointed for the meeting of the Constitution Drafting Assembly according to section 28.

A Member who has filed an amendment application or has countersigned an amendment of another Member can no longer file any other amendment application or countersign an amendment of any other Member.

Upon expiry of the limit of thirty days counted from the day of sending the documents according to section 26, the Constitution Drafting Committee shall consider the opinions received in accordance with section 26 and the amendments under section 27, and shall prepare a report on granted and denied amendments as well as [a statement of] grounds to be disseminated for general information, before introducing the draft constitution to the Constitution Drafting Assembly for consideration.

The consideration of the Constitution Drafting Assembly according to paragraph 1 is for giving approval or disapproval to the draft constitution in its entirety and to the only sections for which Members have filed amendment applications according to section 27 or for which the Constitution Drafting Committee has made recommendations, provided that no Member of the Constitution Drafting Assembly shall submit any amendment in addition to those provided in section 27, save where it is approved by the Constitution Drafting Committee or by Members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly numbering not less than three fifths.

The Constitution Drafting Assembly shall prepare a draft constitution and consider it in accordance with section 28, which must be finished within one hundred and eighty days counted from the day of opening the first meeting of the Constitution Drafting Assembly.

Once its preparation is finished, the draft constitution shall be disseminated to the public for its information, and a referendum shall be organised to approve or disapprove the draft constitution in its entirety, which must be held not sooner than fifteen days and not later than thirty days counted from the day the draft constitution is disseminated as said. All this [shall be done] in accordance with the criteria and procedure designated by an announcement of the Constitution Drafting Assembly.

The referendum must be held on the same day throughout the Kingdom.