Mandatory referendum

1 The following must be put to the vote of the People and the Cantons:

a. amendments to the Federal Constitution;

b. accession to organisations for collective security or to supranational communities;

c. emergency federal acts that are not based on a provision of the Constitution and whose term of validity exceeds one year; such federal acts must be put to
the vote within one year of being passed by the Federal Assembly.

2 The following are submitted to a vote of the People:

a. popular initiatives for a total revision of the Federal Constitution;

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b. popular initiatives for a partial revision of the Federal Constitution in the form of a general proposal that have been rejected by the Federal Assembly;

c. the question of whether a total revision of the Federal Constitution should be carried out, in the event that there is disagreement between the two Councils.