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Article 91 1. Amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan may be introduced by a republican referendum, held by decision of the President of the Republic, adopted by him on his own initiative or on the proposal of Parliament or the Government. The draft amendments and additions to the Constitution shall not be submitted to the republican referendum if the President decides to submit it to Parliament. The decision of Parliament shall be made in this case in the manner prescribed by the Constitution. If the President of the Republic rejects the proposal of Parliament to submit amendments and additions to the Constitution to the republican referendum, the Parliament has the right to adopt a law that makes these amendments and additions to the Constitution by a majority of at least four fifth votes of the total number of deputies of each Chamber of Parliament. In this case, the President of the Republic signs this law or submits it to the republican referendum, which is considered valid if more than half of the citizens of the Republic who have the right to participate in the republican referendum took part in the vote. Amendments and additions to the Constitution which are submitted to the republican referendum, are considered adopted if more than half of the citizens who took part in the voting voted for them in at least two thirds of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital. 2. The independence of the state, the unitarity and territorial integrity of the Republic, the form of its government, the fundamental principles of the activities of the Republic, established by the Constitution, the provisions that the President of the Republic is elected for a term of seven years and the same person may not be elected President of the Republic more than once, shall be unchanged. 3. Amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic shall be submitted to a republican referendum or to the consideration of the Parliament of the Republic if there is a conclusion of the Constitutional Court on their compliance with the requirements established by paragraph 2 of this article. Footnote. See the resolution of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04.12.1998 No. 13/2. Footnote. Article 91 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07.10.1998 No. 284-I; dated 21.05.2007 No. 254-III (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 10.03.2017 No. 51-VI (shall be enforced from the date of its first official publication); dated 08.06.2022 (for the procedure for putting into effect, see Article 3) ; dated September 17, 2022, No. 142-VII (shall come into effect from the date of its first official publication).