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(5) All laws made by Parliament shall be styled "Acts of Parliament" and the words of enactment shall be "Enacted by the Parliament of Mauritius." Amended by [Act No. 48 of 1991] 47. Alteration of Constitution (1) Subject to this section, Parliament may alter this Constitution. (2) A Bill for an Act of Parliament to alter any of the following provisions of this Constitution (a) this section; (b) sections 28 to 31, 37 to 46, 56 to 58 other than 57(2), 64, 65, 71, 72 and 108; (c) Chapters II, VII, VIII and IX; (d) the First Schedule, and (e) Chapter XI, to the extent that it relates to any of the provisions specified in paragraphs (a) to (d), shall not be passed by the Assembly unless it is supported at the final voting in the Assembly by the votes of not less than three quarters of all the members of the Assembly. (3) A Bill for an Act of Parliament to alter the provisions of section 1 or 57(2) shall not be passed by the Assembly unless (a) the proposed Bill has before its introduction in the Assembly been submitted, by referendum, to the electorate of Mauritius and has been approved by the votes of not less than three quarters of the electorate; (b) it is supported at the final voting in the Assembly by the votes of all the members of the Assembly. (4) A Bill for an Act of Parliament to alter any provision of this Constitution (but which does not alter any of the provisions of this Constitution as specified in subsection (2)) shall not be passed by the Assembly unless it is supported at the final voting in the Assembly by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members of the Assembly. (5) In this section, references to altering this Constitution or any part of this Constitution include references (a) to revoking it, with or without re-enactment or the making of different provision;

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