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December 13, 1974
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading December 13, 1974 Journals p. 195 Debates pp. 2250-1 Background During debate on the second reading of Bill C-25, an Act to protect...
The provided text indicates the 'Second reading' stage of a bill, not a Speaker's ruling.
January 25, 1973
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading January 25, 1973 Journals pp. 69-70 Debates p. 667 Background During the debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-124, an Act...
The provided text is a title for the procedural action of referring the subject-matter of a topic to a committee for study.
March 22, 1972
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading March 22, 1972 Journals p. 208 Debates p. 1058 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-7, an Act to amend...
The provided text is a heading concerning bills and committees, not a Speaker's Ruling, and cannot be analyzed as such.
March 16, 1972
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading March 16, 1972 Journals p. 197 Debates pp. 907-8 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-8, an Act to...
A ruling was made that a proposed amendment was inadmissible because it was beyond the scope of the bill.
December 16, 1971
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading December 16, 1971 Debates pp. 10545-7 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-259, an Act to amend the Income...
This entry describes the procedural concept of recommitting a matter to a committee with a specific condition attached.
September 8, 1971
The amendment goes beyond the reference of a subject-matter and departs from well-established form. The House cannot, under the guise of an amendment referring the subject-matter to a committee,...
A ruling that an amendment referring a bill's subject matter to a committee cannot also contain an instruction to study specific clauses before second reading.
September 7, 1971
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading September 7, 1971 Journals pp. 778-9 Debates pp. 7572-3 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-262, an Act...
The Speaker sustained a point of order, ruling an amendment inadmissible because it introduced a subject foreign to the principle of the bill.
May 20, 1971
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading May 20, 1971 Journals pp. 568-9 Debates pp. 6021-2 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-238, an Act to...
The provided text is a title concerning the reference of subject-matter to an outside agency and is not a Speaker's Ruling.
May 14, 1971
An attempt to amend part of a bill anticipates the committee or report stage. A proper amendment at this stage would be either a six-month hoist or a reasoned amendment. Being neither, but a...
The Speaker ruled an amendment out of order because it improperly targeted a specific clause at second reading instead of the bill's principle.
January 26, 1971
The amendment as presented "is largely a deviation... from the old-established form of amendment which provides that the subject-matter of a bill or a motion before the House be referred to a...
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible as it improperly deviated from the standard form for referring a bill's subject matter to a committee.