Point of Order
May 26, 1971
Recommittal; infringing on financial initiative of the Crown
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
If accepted, the amendment would clearly impose a charge on the treasury. "It is not a sufficient answer to the procedural objection to say that any money required to give effect to the amendment would be voted in due course by Parliament."
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Holding
"An amendment is procedurally out of order if it imposes a new charge on the treasury, as this infringes upon the financial initiative of the Crown."
AI Summary
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible because it imposed a new charge on the treasury, thereby infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Sustained
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Government Orders
- Significance
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High