---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 731c"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "731c"
heading: "Submission of sections 731b to 731e of this title to people of Puerto Rico for referendum; convening of constitutional convention; requisites of constitution"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/731c"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §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](/usc/48/731b.md) to [731e](/usc/48/731e.md) 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.


## Source credit

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

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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.