(1) Where the majority of voters, voting in a referendum under this Part, approve the proposal regarding the provision of the enactment the repeal of which is requested, the said provision shall no longer have effect and the President of Malta shall issue a Proclamation accordingly:

Provided that such proposal shall be deemed not to have been approved if less than fifty per cent of those entitled to vote in the referendum plus one, will have cast their vote.

(2) Where the majority of voters have not approved a proposal as is referred to in sub-article (1), the relative provision of the enactment shall continue to have effect, and no new declaration as provided in article 14 with respect to the same provision may be made before the lapse of two years from the publication of the result of the referendum.