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Article 95
 

95. (1) The Speaker of the Folketing shall notify the Prime Minister and the Minister for Social Welfare about a referendum to be held on a parliamentary bill or a bill having received the Royal Assent.

(2) The Prime Minister shall promulgate the bill or the act in the Official Gazette stating the day of the referendum. A referendum according to sections 20(2) and 42 of the Act of the Constitution shall be held no sooner than 12 and not later than 18 weekdays after its announcement. A referendum according to section 88 of the Act of the Constitution shall be held within six months after the Folketing’s final passage of the Bill.

(3) A referendum takes place in the same polling districts as do general elections.