The Constitution of Canada

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Identifikator:: 1895543282

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-242408

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Munro, Joseph Edwin Crawford http://d-nb.info/gnd/1113111038

Title:: The Constitution of Canada

Place of publication:: Cambridge

Publisher:: Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1889

Scope:: XXXVI, 356 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter XIV. The method of legislation

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PRIVATE BILLS. 161 Where the Committee reports favourably the petition is 1st & 2nd at once presented and leave given to read it a first time. readings. On a subsequent occasion it is read a second time, and though at this or any other stage it may be opposed, it is usual bo refer it without opposition to a Committee. In England Com- the Committee on a private bill usually consists of four mittee: members nominated by a “Committee of Selection” In Canada a private bill goes before one of the large standing Committees according to its class. In the House of Com- mons there are four such Committees, (1) Standing Orders, 42 members, (2) Railways, Canals and Telegraph Lines, 136 members, (3) Banking and Commerce, 98 members, and (4) Miscellaneous Private Bills, 70 members. In the Senate the Committees are three in number, (1) Standing Orders and Private Bills. 36 members, (2) Railways, Tele- graphs and Harbours, 32 members, and (3) Banks and Com- merce, 29 members, The Committee hears evidence for and against the bill, following the English practice, and finally makes its report to the House. If the report is favourable, the bill is read a third time. The different stages of a private bill in the Senate In Senate. are practically the same as those in the Commons, but in the case of Divorce bills which, in accordance with the Cana- dian practice, are introduced in the Senate, special rules have been laid down? 1 For a more detailed account of private bill legislation see Burinot, pp. 584—680. {1

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