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 revise is susceptible of being proposed in such a manner that the people can approve or reject it by answering “yes” or “no”.

In case of a specific or partial renewal by initiative of Congress, its approval shall be necessary by a favourable vote of two-thirds of the total number of members of both colegislative bodies, jointly assembled, and said revision shall not be effective if it is not ratified in like manner within the following two regular sessions.

In case the revision is complete, or relates to the national sovereignty, or to Articles 22, 23, 24 and 87 of this Constitution or to the form of the government, after the aforesaid requisites have been complied with, according to whether the initiative comes from the people or from Congress, an election shall be called for delegates to a plebiscitary assembly. which shall be held 6 months after it is resolved on, which shall limit itself exclusively to approving or rejecting the revisions proposed.

This Assembly shall fulfil its duties entirely independently of Congress, within the 30 days following its definitive constitution. The delegates to said Convention shall be elected by Provinces, in the proportion of one for each 50.000 inhabitants or fraction in excess of 25,000, and in the manner established by law and no Congressman can be elected to the position of Delegate.

In case it is sought to accomplish a re-election constitutionally prohibited, or the continuance in office of some officer for a period longer than that for which he was elected, the proposal for revision must be approved by three-fourths of the total number of the Congress, sitting as a single body, and ratified at a referendum by the favourable vote of two-thirds of the total number of voters of each Province.

1. Foreigners comprised in Sections 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Article 6 of the Constitution of 1901 shall retain the rights therein recognised, provided they meet the corresponding requisites.

2. The Register of Spaniards opened in the Department of State by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of 1901 and subsequent ones, shall be definitively closed on April