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Speaker to certify on fair print,
And forward it to the Legislative Council.
Bill agreed to by other House without Amendments.
When Amendments made by either House.
Amendments of Legislative Council considered.
If Amendments agreed to, Message sent.
If Amendments disagreed with, a Conference may be requested.
Bill to be printed fair.
Bill authenticated by Clerk of Parliaments!
Bills presented to the Governor.
Royal assent
Amendments of the Governor to be considered.
forthwith certifies the date of its passing at the foot of the Bill. 366. Every Bill shall be printed fair immediately after it shall have been passed in the House in which it originated ; and the Speaker of the House in which the Bill shall have passed shall certify the passing thereof on such fair print, together with the day upon which the Bill did pass. 367. When all the proceedings on a Bill have been concluded the Clerk (or in some cases a Member or Members of the House) is ordered to carry the Bill to the Legislative Council, and desire its concurrence. 368. When a Bill sent from one House is agreed to by the other House without Amendments a Message is sent back acquainting the former House thereof, aud the Bill then remains in the House in which it was last passed for transmission to the Clerk of Parliaments. 369. When Amendments are proposed in either House in a Bill sent from the other the Bill is returned in the form in which it was sent, together with a Message stating such 'amendments. 370. Amendments made by the Council in Public Bills are ordered to be considered on a future day, unless the House shall order them to be considered forthwith. They are then agreed to, or agreed to with amendments, or disagreed to, or the further consideration thereof is put off for three or six months. 371. If the Amendments made by one House in a Bill sent by the other be agreed to a Message is sent acquainting the other House thereof, and the Bill, as amended, remains with the House in which it originated, for transmission to the Clerk of Parliaments. 372. If the Amendments made by one House in a Bill sent by the other are not agreed to the Bill must drop, unless the difference between the two Houses can be adjusted by means of Message or Conference If the originally-proposed Amendments, or a modification thereof, be rdtimately adopted, the Bill, as amended, remains in the House in which it originated, for transmission to the Clerk of Parliaments. 373. When such Bill shall have passed both Houses of the Legislature it shall be fair printed by the Government Printer, who shall furnish three fair prints thereof to the Clerk of Parliaments. 374. Such three fair prints of each Bill shall be duly authenticated by the Clerk of Parliaments. 375. The three fair prints of all Bills, except the Appropriation Bill, when passed, shall be presented to the Governor, for Her Majesty's assent, by the Clerk of Parliaments. 376. The Royal assent is signified to every Bill by His Excellency in person, or by Commission, the attendance of the House of Representatives in the Council Chamber having been desired for that purpose, or by Message. 377. Amendments proposed by the Governor in Bills presented to him for Her
Majesty's assent are sent to the House by Message, and a time is fixed for taking them into consideration, unless the House should prefer to consider them forthwith. 378. In case of amendments to Bills made upon a Message from the Governor, pursuant to the fifty-sixth clause of the Constitution Statute, after such Bills shall have passed the two Houses of Parliament, the Clerk of Parliaments shall indorse the same on the original Bill, and shall order three fair prints of the Bill, as amended, and shall authenticate the same before they are presented for Her Majesty's assent. 379. The Governor's Amendments, if agreed to by the House, are forwarded to the Legislative Council for its concurrence. 380. When the Governor shall have assented in the name of Her Majesty to any Bill one of the fair prints thereof shall be deposited by the Clerk of Parliaments with the Registrar of the Supreme Court, another shall be delivered to the Private Secretary of His Excellency the Governor for transmission to one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the third shall be retained in the Record Office of the Parliament Houses.
XXIX. —Aeeangement op Oedeb Papee. 381. On days on which Private Members' business has precedence, Private Members' Bills standing for third reading shall take precedence of Bills for report, and Bills for report of Bills for Committee or second reading. 382. When Private Members' Public Bills become dropped Orders they are to be set down upon the Order Paper after the Orders set down for the next day, and shall be arranged as follows, viz. : (1) Bills for Committal or for further consideration in Committee ; (2) Second readings.
XXX.—Local Bills. 383. Local Bills are those which, not J being Private Bills,affect particular localities only. 384. No Local Bill shall be read a second ] time unless notice shall have been given of { the said Bill in the locality to which the 1 Bill refers ; such notice shall state explicitly the object which such Bill is intended to effect, and shall have been published once at least in each of three successive weeks before the second reading in a newspaper circulating in such locality. 385. At the time of the first publication < of such notice a copy of the Bill shall be i deposited in the Magistrate's Court of the J district, and shall be open to public in- J spection; and such Bill shall, at the ex- < piration of the prescribed period for adver- c rising, be forwarded to the Clerk of the
Governor's amendments to be indorsed on Bills.
Forwarded to the Legislative Council, if agreed to.
Copies where to be deposited.
Order of precedence on Private Members' days.
Position on Order Paper of dropped Orders.
Detinitiou'of Local Bill.
Notice stating objects of Bill to bo published in locality to wrhieh it relates.
Copy of Bill to be deposited in Magistrate's Court, and afterwards forwarded to Clerk of House or Council, with certificate.