Point of Order
December 16, 1974
Discrepancy with terms of the Royal Recommendation
Hon. James Jerome
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The purpose of first reading is to ensure the undoubted right of any Member to put before the House in the form of a bill his views and opinions and to allow the House an opportunity to study the bill once printed and distributed. This process should not be stopped except on the clearest possible grounds.
Because the error in the Royal Recommendation does not affect the proposed increase to Senators' expense allowance, it ought not to prevent the bill's introduction.
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Holding
"An error in a Royal Recommendation does not prevent the introduction and first reading of a bill if the error is not material to the bill's primary financial objective."
AI Summary
The Speaker permitted a bill's introduction, ruling that a non-material error in its Royal Recommendation was not sufficient grounds to halt the first reading.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Routine Proceedings
- Significance
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