Restrictions on the Exercise of the Right to a Referendum
No constitutional or general referendum can be held on the date of elections for the Assembly or for the organs of local government.
No general or constitutional referendum can be held during the period between six months before the end of the mandate of an Assembly and three months after the first meeting of the new Assembly.
No local referendum can be held during the period between three months before the end of the mandate of the organs of local government and three months after the first meeting of the local councils.
When early elections for the Assembly are announced, the procedure for holding a general referendum is suspended until three months after the first meeting of the new Assembly.
When early local elections are announced in a local government unit, the procedure for holding a local referendum in that unit is suspended until three months after the beginning of the mandate of the local government organ.
In accordance with section 3 of article 152 of the Constitution, requests for a referendum that have not been fully processed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter by March 15 of the year, regardless of when made, are deferred until the following year.
