See the radiophonic speechArchived 27 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine to the nation of 20 September 1962 by Charles de Gaulle, announcing the forthcoming referendum.
Decree 62-1127 of 2 October 1962, preceded by a letter from Prime Minister Georges Pompidou to President Charles de Gaulle proposing him to submit to a referendum. following article 11 of the Constitution, a bill changing the method for electing the President of France.
See the radiophonic speechArchived 27 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine to the nation of 20 September 1962 by Charles de Gaulle, announcing the forthcoming referendum.
See Article 6 of the 1958 Constitution. Most versions of the constitution available online and in books are not the original version, but some later amended version.