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Amendments

The new constitution also provides
for amendments to be proposed
by the following means:

1) by a written petition of 5
per cent of the full-time student
body submitted to the Legislative
Council;

2) by a written petition submitted
to the Legislative Council
and passed by a two-thirds vote
of that body;

3) by a motion of a councilman
passed by a three-fourths
vote.

The proposed amendment
must then be ratified by two-thirds
of the students during the
annual spring elections. If proposed
at any other time, it must
have two-thirds of those voting
in favor of it and fifty per cent
voting.