The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law On referendum and initiation of chapter I. General provisions article 1. The referendum, if: 1) Parliament has amended the constitutional 1., 2., 3., or of article 6;
2) National President has proposed the dismissal of the Parliament;
3) National President has stopped publication of the Act for two months and these two months are received not less than one-tenth of the voters demand part put a halt to the referendum;
4) by the Parliament without amendment of the content of not less than one-tenth part of the Bill submitted by the voter or the constitutional draft amendments.
2. article. Referendum and initiation of the law is open to all citizens of Latvia who have the right to vote of the Parliament.
3. article. (1) a referendum law, prepare and run by the Central Election Commission, which issues the necessary instructions.
(2) the members of the Electoral Commission and Election Commission authorised persons are prohibited from aģitē.
CHAPTER II. A plebiscite in the WHOLE of article 4. (1) To the law adopted by the Parliament on amendments to constitutional L, 2, 3 or in article 6 of the law, it will hold a plebiscite.
(2) a plebiscite on the law adopted by the Saeima sarīkojam not earlier than one month and not later than two months after the adoption of the law in the Parliament.
5. article. (1) If the President is proposed by the parliamentary dismissal, he shall notify the Central Election Commission.
(2) a plebiscite on the President's proposal to sarīkojam not earlier than one month and not later than two months after the date of notification of the proposal to the Central Election Commission.
6. article. (1) If the President has stopped publication of his law not later than the eighth day of the adoption of the law in the Parliament, the promulgation of the law in order to communicate the text of the law and suspended the decision on suspension of the publication of the law.
(2) After such notification, the Central Election Commission announces the all city and County election commissions that started gathering signatures to the initiation of the referendum, and conveyed to them the signature collection page in sufficient numbers.
7. article. (1) signature collection pages where voters can subscribe, should be available for each of the City Council or Parish Council designated areas determined by the Central Electoral Commission within 30 days.
(2) places where voters can subscribe, getting used in each city or County with the calculation to the 10000 electors would have at least one place where voters can subscribe.
(3) These places campaign.
8. article. (1) signature collection pages celebrated each referendum proposal of signer's name, surname and personal code.
(2) Before the signing of the proposed city or County Election Commission or Election Commission notified the person concerned of the inspection and after signing the document, passport or document replacing passport, made the grade.
9. article. (1) the city and County election commissions not later than three days after the Central Election Commission in a specific signature collection deadline sends the signature collection page of the Central Election Commission.
(2) the relevant page of the city or County Election Commission seal and signature, certifying that the signature collection took place in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law.
10. article. (1) the Central Electoral Commission count the signatures, the result is found, notify it to the President and published in the Official Gazette. If the referendum proposal is signed by not less than one-tenth of the last parliamentary elections in Latvia the number of citizens voting, the Central Electoral Commission within three days of the referendum issue.
(2) a plebiscite on the abolition of the law stopped sarīkojam not earlier than one month and not later than two months after it broke.
11. article. (1) If the Saeima has adopted amendments to the free content, not less than one-tenth of voters submitted parts of the Bill or the constitutional draft amendments, submitted the Bill to the voter or the constitutional draft amendments shall be referenda.
(2) a plebiscite of voters submitted a bill or constitutional amendment draft sarīkojam not earlier than one month and not later than two months after voters in the Bill submitted by the constitutional amendment or rejection or acceptance of the project by the Saeima amend the contents.
12. article. (1) the day of the referendum shall be determined and notified to the Central Election Commission.
(2) the referendum held Sunday; If it happens simultaneously with the parliamentary elections, on Sunday and the Saturday before.
CHAPTER III. Voting and counting of votes for article 13. (1) voting shall be by secret ballot, the Central Election Commission in the order by using the voting signs.
(2) prepare the voting marks the Central Election Commission.
14. article. (1) voting draws a recordable referenda passed to the proposal (article 1 of the law), as well as the words «on» and «against».
(2) if the referendum takes place simultaneously in several article 1 of this law, in the cases referred to, the voting marks must be different.
15. article. On the day of voting, the voting premises must be open from 8 o'clock in the morning until 8 in the evening. Before the vote the start of elections for the President or his Deputy Election Commission, as well as first come the voters verify their presence, or voting box, intended to throw the voting signs are blank. Then the ballot boxes sealed.
16. article. (1) each of the voters may only vote in person. If the physical shortcomings of voters could not vote, in the presence of voters after his oral instructions marks voting draws voters made a family member or any other person to whom voters trust. The person making the marks must not be the Election Commission member.
(2) in the choice of the Voters can vote at any polling station.
Article 17. (1) at the entrance to the premises of the vote, Election Commission make sure that come the citizens are voters who have not yet participated in the voting.

(2) the premises of the voters Voting election the members of the Commission shall receive the vote. After the vote, the Electoral Commission issued the mark of a member of the list of voters voters of the record's name, surname and personal code and markup document, passport or passport replacing that of voters participated in the referendum. Voters to certify by signing up voters ' list.
(3) voting premises a separate room or points to a partition that voters alone can do the necessary marks of his choice of words suffice «on» or «against» and leaving from the two words preferred.
(4) When voters voting draws did tags needed, he folded it and give the election a member of the Commission which, in the presence of voters voting mark stamped. Then voters voting mark drops a ballot box.
18. article. If individual voters for health reasons is unable to attend a voting station premises, Election Commission after the voters or other written or oral request, ask the two members of the Commission to organize the vote of the voters. These voters voting mark throw in a single sealed ballot box, and they are recorded in a separate voters list.
19. article. (1) the counting of votes shall be the voting day. If the referendum is held simultaneously with the parliamentary elections, vote counting is carried out a second day of voting.
(2) in census Voting District Election Commission shall open session of Central Election Commission.
20. article. Voters who voting during the live or reside abroad, exercises its right to participate in the national referendum of the Republic of Latvia only by diplomatic and consular representations, entrusted to carry on with the referendum-related duties. Voting by mail.
21. article. Vote canvassing is not allowed on the premises of chapter IV. Law article 22 PROCEEDINGS. Not less than 10000 for Latvia citizens of voting age have the right to indicate your name, surname and personal code, submit to the Central Electoral Commission of the full bill or constitutional amendment project. Each signature must be certified by a notary or sworn at a municipal institution.
23. article. (1) finding that the submitted draft law or constitutional amendment project signed by not less than 10000 Latvian citizens of voting age, the Central Election Commission declares that launches a signature collection for the initiation of this law, at the same time bringing all city and County election commissions the constitutional amendment Bill or project, as well as the signature collection page in sufficient numbers.
(2) notice of the initiation of the law requires a signature collection started with the submitted bill or constitutional amendment to be published in the official newspaper of the project.
24. article. (1) signature collection is this law, 7.-9. in accordance with the procedure laid down in article.
(2) citizens who signed the Bill or submitted the constitutional draft amendments to article 22 of this law in accordance with the procedure laid down in this law, in favour of the total number of agents. If these citizens have signed the first part of this article in accordance with the procedures specified in that their signatures in the signature collection pages are not līdzskaitām.
(3) the Central Election Commission adds captions, notes the results – and reported it to the President, as well as send him a bill submitted by the voter or the constitutional draft amendments.
25. article. (1) where a bill or constitutional amendment project is signed by not less than one-tenth of the last parliamentary elections voting citizens of Latvia, President of this Bill or constitutional amendment to be submitted to the Parliament the draft.
(2) the Parliament of this Bill or the constitutional draft amendments to be considered at the session in which it is presented. If the Bill or constitutional amendment draft submitted interval sessions or special session, it must be considered at the next regular session or this Bill or constitutional amendment project to the special emergency session convened.
CHAPTER V. Final provisions article 26. State shall bear the expenses of the referendum. The Central Electoral Commission determines the allocation of city, County and precinct election commissions.
The Parliament adopted the law of 31 March 1994.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga 1994 April 20.