The constitution and laws of Barbados
Alteration of this Constitution
49. 1. Subject to the provisions of this section, Parliament may, by an
Act of Parliament passed by both Houses, alter this Constitution.
2. Subject to the provision of subsection (3), a Bill for an Act of Parliament
under this section that alters any of the following provisions, that is to say
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a. this section and section 1:
b. Chapter II;
c. Chapter III;
d. section 28, 32, 35 to 39, 41, 42, 48, 60(2), 61, 62, 63 and 76 to 79 (other
than subsection (7) of section 79);
e. Chapter VII (other than section 83);
f. Chapter VIII;
g. Chapter IX;
h. any provision of Chapter X in its application to any of the provisions
specified in paragraphs (a) to (g),
shall not be passed in either House unless at the final voting thereon in the
House it is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the
members of the House.
3. Subsection (2) shall not apply to a Bill in so far as it alters any of the
provisions specified in that subsection for the purpose of giving effect to
arrangements for the federation or union of Barbados with any other part of the
Commonwealth of for the establishment of some other form of constitutional
association between Barbados and any other part of the Commonwealth.
4. A Bill for an Act of Parliament under this section to which subsection (2)
does not apply shall not be passed in either House unless at the final voting
thereon in the House it is supported by the votes of a majority of all the
members of the House.
5. In this section -
a. references to this Constitution or to any particular provision thereof
include references to any other law in so far as that law alters the
Constitution or, as the case may be, that provision; and
b. references to altering this Constitution or any particular provision thereof
include references -
i. to repealing it, with or without re-enactment thereof or the making of
different provision in lieu thereof;
ii. to modifying it (whether by omitting, amending or overriding any of its
provisions or inserting additional provisions in it or otherwise); and
iii. to suspending its operation for any period or terminating any such
suspension.
6. No Act of Parliament shall be construed as altering this Constitution unless
it is stated in the Act that it is an Act for that purpose.
7. Nothing in subsection (2) shall be construed as including any of the
provisions of the First Schedule or the Second Schedule among the provisions
specified in that subsection.
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