Point of Order
May 12, 1969
Recommittal; beyond scope of bill
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
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<p class="decision-chapter">Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading</p>
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<time>May 12, 1969</time>
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<p class="e-Debates">Journals <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.HOC_2801_115_01/956?r=0&s=1">p. 1024</a></p>
<p class="e-Debates">Debates <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2801_08/572?r=0&s=1">pp. 8602</a>, <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2801_08/575?r=0&s=1">8605</a></p>
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<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Background</h2>
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<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-150, an Act to amend the Criminal Code ..., Mr. Caouette (Témiscamingue) proposed an amendment to refer the bill back to committee with instructions to add a clause deferring the enactment of a specific clause in the bill until it had been approved by the Canadian people by a referendum. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bechard) declared the amendment out of order. A point of order having been raised, the Acting Speaker heard the views of Members. The Speaker subsequently upheld the decision made by the Acting Speaker.</p>
<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Issue</h2>
<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">Is the amendment imposing a condition on the passage of the bill acceptable?</p>
<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Decision</h2>
<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">No. The amendment is out of order.</p>
<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Reasons given by the Acting Speaker</h2>
<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">The proposed amendment is not relevant to the motion for third reading. In addition, it proposes a referendum that would involve the expenditure of public funds, which can only be done by a Minister of the Crown.</p>
<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">References</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">Debates, May 12, 1969, <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2801_08/566">pp. 8596-605</a>.</p>
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Holding
"A motion to recommit a bill with instructions is out of order if those instructions seek to introduce principles or provisions that are outside the scope of the bill as established at second reading."
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A ruling on the procedural admissibility of a motion to recommit a bill, focusing on whether the instructions to the committee exceeded the bill's scope.
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