Point of Order
January 26, 1971
Reference of subject-matter to several committees
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The amendment as presented "is largely a deviation... from the old-established form of amendment which provides that the subject-matter of a bill or a motion before the House be referred to a special committee or a standing committee". It "goes behind the bill and seeks to touch the different parts of the bill by way of an amendment which normally should not be put forward in this form".
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Holding
"An amendment is out of order if it deviates from the established form by attempting to refer the subject matter of a bill to several committees and dissect the bill's parts, rather than simply referring the subject matter as a whole."
AI Summary
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible as it improperly deviated from the standard form for referring a bill's subject matter to a committee.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Sustained
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Government Orders
- Significance
Low
High