(1) Any number of persons registered as voters for the election of members of the House of Representatives, being not less than ten per cent of the total number of persons registered as voters as appear in the revised Electoral Register last published before the delivery of the declaration in accordance with sub-article (2), may by signing a declaration in the form set out in the First Schedule demand that the question whether one or more provisions of an enactment to which this Part applies, shall not continue in force, shall be put to those entitled to vote in a referendum under this Act.

(2) The declaration made in accordance with sub-article (1) shall be delivered to the Electoral Commission which shall ascertain whether the number of voters required in accordance with sub-article (1) has signed the declaration.

(3) The Electoral Commission shall within fifteen days from the delivery of the declarations referred to in sub-article (1) ascertain the number of persons, qualified in accordance with subarticle (1), who have signed the declarations, and shall within the said period of fifteen days deposit the said declarations by means of a note in the registry of the Constitutional Court, stating in the note the number of valid signatures appearing on the declaration, as well as the number of invalid signatures and the reason for such invalidity, together with a statement indicating whether the number of persons required in accordance with sub-article (1) has signed the declaration.

(4) The determination by the Electoral Commission of the number of persons who have validly signed the declaration shall be final and conclusive.

(5) The Constitutional Court shall, through the Registrar not later than two days after the deposit referred to in sub-article (3), cause a notice to be published in the Gazette stating the date when the declaration has been delivered in the Registry of the said court, the provisions of the enactments upon the continuance in force which the question is demanded to be put to a referendum under this Part, and the number of persons as stated by the Electoral Commission to have validly signed the declaration.