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STANDING RULES AND ORDERS OF THE GENEEAL ASSEMBLY liELATIVK TO PRIVATE BILLS.

1. In these Rules and Orders, unless otherwise expressed, or unless inconsistent with the context, — " Agent " means any person soliciting a Private Bill by authority and on behalf of the promoter thereof: " Amendment " includes new clause : " Bill " means a Private Bill: " Company" means a company incorporated according to the law for the time being in force relating to incorporated companies : " Declaration " means a declaration made before a Solicitor of the Supreme Court in the form prescribed by " The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882 " : " Examiner " means the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills : " Gazette " means the Gazette published or purporting to be published by or under the authority of the Government of New Zealand : " House" means that House of the General Assembly in which a Bill is, or in which it is first promoted : " Land " includes buildings : " Lessee " includes any person in possession of land under an agreement for a lease : " Occupier " means any person in actual possession of land, not being a tenant on sufferance, or at will, or a tenant for any term less than a year : " Party" includes the promoter of, and the agent for, a Bill, and any person entitled to be heard in opposition to a Bill : " Promoter " means the petitioner for a Private Bill: " Speaker," " Chairman of Committees," and " Clerk" mean respectively the Speaker, Chairman of Committees, and Clerk of the " House " as hereinbefore defined : " Tramway" means a tramway laid along a street or road : " Tramroad " means a tramway laid elsewhere than along a street or road : " Writing " includes print: Words importing the singular number include the plural number, and words importing the plural number include the singular number. 2. Private Bills shall be understood to be Bills promoted for the particular interest or benefit of, or Bills that interfere with the private property of, any person or number of persons, whether incorporated or not. Advertisements. 3. In all cases where it is proposed to apply for leave to bring in a Bill, an advertisement of the proposed application (hereinafter called an " advertisement of the Bill ") shall be published in three successive issues of the Gazette.

Interpretation. 5.0., No. 1.

"Private Bill" defined. Ibid., No. 2.

Bill to be advertised in Gazette. Ibid., No. 20.