IN RE THE THIRTEENTHAMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PROVINCIAL COUNCILS BILL… – sllr 1987 volume 2 page 312

In the reference initiated by His Excellency the President against various petitioners, the Supreme Court addressed whether the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the associated Provincial Councils Bill could be enacted in the ordinary way, or if their provisions—particularly those delegating legislative authority to Provincial Councils and imposing special amendment requirements—required approval by the People at a referendum under Article 83 of the Constitution. The findings established that key clauses of the Thirteenth Amendment, notably Clauses 154G(2)(b) and 154G(3)(b), effectively amended entrenched principles regarding the unitary state and the sovereignty of the People as protected by Articles 2, 3, and 4, thus necessitating both a two-thirds Parliamentary majority and a