PROCEDURES FOR AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION

Article 98: Amendments and additions to the Constitution are introduced through general referenda. A referendum is held if two-thirds of the people's deputies vote for it to be held. The procedures for holding a referendum are determined by constitutional law.

Article 99: Proposals to amend or add to the Constitution are introduced by the President or on the petition of no less than one third of the people's deputies of Tajikistan. Proposals to amend or add to the Constitution are published in the press three months before the referendum.

Article 100: The republican form of government of, the territorial integrity of, and the democratic, rule of law, secular, and social natures of the state may not be changed.