Ruling
December 19, 1978
Motions in amendment, modifying parent Act; modifying more than one clause
Hon. James Jerome
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
Of the five motions, three of them (Motions 11, 27 and 30) "clearly seek to amend the parent Act in a way that was not envisaged by the amending bill." Another motion (No. 12) "is defective in that it proposes to amend more than one clause. It poses for the House the procedural impossibility of amending two clauses in a bill by one motion".
The fifth motion (No. 31) "is out of order on the ground that it does not make a date certain either by royal assent, proclamation or date fixed, for the Act to come into force".
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Holding
"Five motions in amendment were ruled out of order because they either sought to amend the parent act beyond the scope of the bill, attempted to amend multiple clauses with a single motion, or failed to specify a clear coming-into-force date."
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A Speaker's ruling declares five motions out of order for procedural defects related to amending a parent act, combining clauses, and specifying a coming-into-force date.
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- Outcome
- Sustained
- Tone
- Neutral
- Procedural Stage
- Consideration of a Bill
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