MADRID, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Constitutional Court of Spain on Tuesday temporarily suspended the Catalan law to convert the north-eastern region of the country into an independent republic, should the "yes" vote win in the independence referendum scheduled for Oct. 1.
The appeal of the so-called transition law was made by the Spanish central government.
The Catalan Prosecutors' office on Tuesday instructed the Catalan regional police force and the Civil Guard as well as National Police force to do everything possible to prevent the referendum being held on Oct. 1.
In order to "prevent a crime being committed," the police are obliged to "confiscate ballot boxes" and any material, such as ballot papers, as well as preventing any act linked to organizing the vote.
The prosecutor informed in a press communique that "there is no doubt about the illegality" of the vote.
