AMENDMENTS



  Judges, once they have been appointed, shall not be removed except
by decision of the Supreme Court in full session.
  11. The decree on election to the National Assembly, which will be
responsible for framing the constitution of the Free City of Trieste,
shall be published within a period of 30 days as from the first meeting
of the Provisional Assembly.
  This electoral decree must include the following provisions:
  a. The right of franchise shall be granted to citizens of both sexes
who have the right to vote in accordance with the provisions of the
Permanent Statute.
  b. Elections shall be based on universal, direct, secret, equal and free
suffrage, and must be held on the same day throughout the whole of
the Territory;
  c. The allocation of members' seats shall be made on the basis of
absolute proportional representation;
  d. Votes shall be counted in polling stations which will be set up
separately in each locality. In localities which have a population ex-
ceeding 1,000 inhabitants according to the census of 1936, there shall
be one polling station per thousand inhabitants forming the total
population of the locality in question, with one extra polling station
for any faction in excess of this number;
  e. Elections shall not be conducted by the local authorities but by
special commissions, to whom the local authorities shall transmit all
the necessary facts and figures, and provide them with any assistance
of which they may stand in need;
  /. There shall be full liberty of canvassing, both by speech and in
writing.
  12. The Provisional Council of Government shall announce the
holding of elections not later than 10 days after the publication of the
Elections Law. This decision in regard to elections must specify the
date on which the elections are to be held. The said date shall be not
less than 120 days and not more than 150 days from the date when
elections were officially announced.
  13. The Provisional Council of Government, immediately on as-
suming office, shall take the necessary steps to draw up the rolls of
voters. The rolls shall be prepared by the local authorities for each
district separately, and, in districts where there are several polling
stations, a separate list shall be made for each station. The rolls must
contain the names of all persons who, under the permanent Statute of
the Free City of Trieste, had a right to vote in elections prior to the
entry into force of the Constitution. The electoral rolls must be pre-
pared immediately, and as a matter of course. Nevertheless, local au-
thorities will invite all persons who have a right to vote to put forward



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