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March 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage March 28, 1969 Journals pp. 863-4 Debates p. 7265 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-102, an Act to amend the Patent Act, the...
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible as it was beyond the bill's scope and infringed on the Crown's financial initiative.
March 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage March 28, 1969 Journals p. 863 Debates p. 7264 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-102, an Act to amend the Patent Act, the...
The Speaker rules that all debate and amendments must be strictly relevant to the scope of the bill under consideration.
March 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage March 28, 1969 Journals pp. 862-3 Debates p. 7263 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-102, an Act to amend the Patent Act, the...
The provided text 'Relevance' is insufficient to be analyzed as a Speaker's Ruling.
March 24, 1969
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading March 24, 1969 Journals p. 829 Debates p. 7055 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-173, an Act respecting...
A ruling confirming that a motion to recommit a bill is out of order if its instructions propose amendments beyond the bill's original scope.
February 24, 1969
The rules permit third reading of a bill on the same day if the report from the committee does not include an amendment at the report stage. "It is only when there is an amendment proposed and...
A bill can proceed from report stage to third reading on the same day unless an amendment was debated at report stage.
February 13, 1969
In Committee of the Whole the motion is to adopt a clause. If, at that stage, a Member moves an amendment to delete a clause, it would constitute an expanded negative, which is contrary to the...
The Speaker rules that a motion to delete a clause at report stage is procedurally acceptable, unlike in Committee of the Whole where it would be an expanded negative.
February 13, 1969
An amendment allowed on second reading must not relate to particulars of the clause of the bill it seeks to amend or anticipate amendments that might be moved in the standing committee considering...
The Speaker ruled an amendment out of order because second-reading amendments must address the principle of a bill, not specific clauses reserved for committee review.
February 7, 1969
This is not the occasion to speak on the general procedure followed by a committee of the House. If the Member "has a protest to make,... it should be made when there is a general debate on the...
The Speaker ruled that a Member's remarks at report stage must be confined to their specific motion in amendment, not general committee procedure.
January 23, 1969
A bill must be read twice and referred to a committee before being amended, although a Member may move a reasoned amendment to the motion for second reading of a bill. The proposed amendment is...
A ruling clarifying that an instruction to a committee cannot be moved as an amendment at second reading but must wait until after the bill is referred.
November 26, 1968
According to practice, the amendment could not be received or debated, since it amends the report of the committee rather than the motion for concurrence. "However, in view of the terminology of...
The Speaker permitted a procedurally irregular amendment to a committee report concurrence motion due to a special order suspending normal rules.