A proposal of local referendum shall be filed to the municipal or county (city) government.
Unless otherwise stipulated in this Act, matters relating to referendums shall be prescribed by the municipal or county (city) government in autonomous regulations.
If there is any doubt whether the proposal of referendum is about a local autonomous matter, the municipal or county (city) government shall report it to the Executive Yuan for determination.

The provisions of Articles 17 to 24 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the announcement of referendum, the printing of referendum ballots, the compilation, reading and amendment of the list of referendum voters, the compilation and printing of the referendum bulletin, the cessation of a referendum, the establishment of offices, fundraising, voting and ballot counting, and the recognition of valid ballots and invalid ballots for the proposals of local referendum.

The documents required for the raising and joint signature of proposal of a referendum, the examination procedure and the organization of presentations or debates shall be prescribed by the municipal or county (city) government in autonomous regulations.