Ruling
June 11, 1973
Adding preamble; amending parent act
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
No amendments can be moved "to the granting or enacting words of bills for granting aids or supplies to the Crown, or to the enacting words of other bills". Moreover, this specific motion in amendment seeks to amend the enacting clause in order to introduce a preamble to the parent act. This is not in order because an act which is not actually before the House cannot be amended.
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Holding
"An amendment to a bill's enacting clause is out of order if it attempts to amend a parent act that is not currently before the House."
AI Summary
The Speaker ruled an amendment out of order because it improperly sought to add a preamble to a parent act not currently before the House.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Government Orders
- Significance
Low
High