LAW OF THE ABKHAZ ASSR on changes to the law of the Abkhaz ASSR on Public Referendum in the Abkhaz ASSR

The Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR decrees:

To add to Article 5 of the Law of the Abkhaz ASSR “on Public Referendum in the Abkhaz ASSR” as the paragraph 3 the following:

“The issues related to the holding the referendum that needs constitutional changes shall be decided solely by the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR by the two-thirds majority out of the total number of the Deputies of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR as it is considered by the Constitution of the Abkhaz ASSR”.

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR V. Ardzinba

27 August 1991

(Newspaper “Afxazetis Khma”, # 145, 5 September 1991)