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E. Further issues on referendums


Section III - Confirmatory referendum


Article 39 – Requirements of the referendum and follow-up procedure. This provision makes exceptions to the suspension of laws pending a confirmatory referendum. This stands in the Swiss tradition of the lois urgentes. However, the provision makes no reservation of this kind in favour of urgent administrative acts, which can nonetheless be just as urgent, as expressly mentioned in Article 54.7 of the Special Statute.