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 publish in the Government Gazette the designation of the day for the people to vote in the referendum, which must not be sooner than ninety days, but not later than one hundred and twenty days, reckoned from the day of the publication. In this respect, the day of the referendum must be the same day throughout the Kingdom.

The persons who have the right to vote in elections of Members of the House of People's Representatives have the right to vote in the referendum.

The criteria and procedure for the conduct of the referendum shall be in accordance with the law thereon.

In the referendum, if the outcome indicates that the majority of the people approves the draft constitution, the President of the National Assembly shall proceed with it in accordance with section 211septiesdecies, but if the majority disapproves the draft constitution or the number of the persons present to exercise the right to vote is less than one fifth of the number of the persons having the right to vote, the draft constitution shall lapse.

When the draft constitution has been approved in the referendum, the President of the National Assembly shall bring and present the draft constitution to [the Monarch], and the provisions of section 93 and section 211quinquiesdecies, paragraph 4, shall apply mutatis mutandis, and the President of the National Assembly shall give a countersignature.

The Constitution Drafting Assembly terminates in the following events:

the number of the remaining Members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly according to section 211decies, paragraph 4, is less than one half;