§ Article 7Determination of Results of Mandatory Referendum

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1. A mandatory referendum shall be deemed having taken place, if over one half of the citizens, having the right to vote and having been registered in voter lists, have taken part in it.
2. The resolution regarding the provision of Article one of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, “The State of Lithuania shall be an independent, democratic Republic,” and also concerning the Constitutional Act of June 8, 1992, “On Non-Alignment of the Republic of Lithuania To Post-Soviet Eastern Alliances, shall be deemed as adopted, if at least three-fourths of the citizens having the right to vote and having been registered in voter lists, have approved it.
3. The resolution regarding the amendment of the provisions of Article 1 of the Republic of Lithuania Constitution on, “The State of Lithuania” and Chapter XIV, on “Amending the Constitution” shall be deemed as passed if more than half of the citizens, having the right to vote and having been registered on voter lists have approved it.
4. A resolution regarding other issues, laws or provisions thereof, which have been deliberated in a mandatory referendum, shall be deemed as approved, if more than one half of the citizens, who had taken part in the referendum, but at least one - third of the citizens having the right to vote and having been registered on voter lists.
5. The decision on the issues stipulated in paragraph 5 Article 4 of this Law, shall be deemed adopted if it has been approved by more than one half of the voters who have participated in the referendum.

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