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[CITE: 48USC731c]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                         CHAPTER 4--PUERTO RICO
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 731c. Submission of sections 731b to 731e of this title to 
        people of Puerto Rico for referendum; convening of 
        constitutional convention; requisites of constitution
        
    Sections 731b to 731e of this title shall be submitted to the 
qualified voters of Puerto Rico for acceptance or rejection through an 
island-wide referendum to be held in accordance with the laws of Puerto 
Rico. Upon the approval of said sections, by a majority of the voters 
participating in such referendum, the Legislature of Puerto Rico is 
authorized to call a constitutional convention to draft a constitution 
for the said island of Puerto Rico. The said constitution shall provide 
a republican form of government and shall include a bill of rights.

(July 3, 1950, ch. 446, Sec. 2, 64 Stat. 319.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal 
Relations Act which comprises this chapter.


                        Constitutional Convention

    A constitutional convention to draft a constitution for the island 
of Puerto Rico convened in San Juan on Sept. 17, 1951, and concluded its 
deliberations on Feb. 6, 1952.


                               Referendum

    Act July 3, 1950, which enacted sections 731b to 731e of this title, 
was submitted to the qualified voters of Puerto Rico through an island-
wide referendum held on June 4, 1951, and approved.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 731b, 731d of this title.
