Point of Order
April 16, 1969
Not a reading stage
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
Both motions in amendment are reasoned amendments since they provide that the bill be not now read. Such amendments, while appropriate at the second or third reading stage, cannot be put at the report stage. Acceptable report stage motions in amendment must seek to amend, delete, insert or restore a clause of a bill.
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Holding
"Reasoned amendments, which propose that a bill 'be not now read', are out of order at the report stage and are only permissible at the second or third reading stages."
AI Summary
The Speaker ruled that reasoned amendments are procedurally inadmissible during the report stage of a bill.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Sustained
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Report Stage
- Significance
Low
High