Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

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Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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CHAP.1v] ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 433 with regard to majorities had been adopted in accordance with its usual practice of following exactly the constitution of the Mother Colony. It was provided by s. 91 that any alteration of the Legislative Council required the passing of the second and third readings of the Bill with the concurrence of two-thirds of members for the time being of the Council and the Assembly respectively, and every such Bill was to be reserved and a copy to be laid before both Houses of Parlia- ment for a period of thirty days at least before Her Majesty’s assent thereon was signified. These provisions were applied as in New South Wales by s. 10 to the Lower House,? with the alteration that a majority of members only was necessary in the Legislative Council, and the assent of the Queen was not to be given until an address had been presented by the Legis- lative Assembly to the Governor, stating that the Bill had been so passed. This latter provision was repealed by a simple Act, 34 Vict. No 28, in 1871, after an attempt had failed in 1870, but the proviso with regard to the Legislative Council did not disappear until Act No. 2 of 1 908, when it was repealed by a simple Act, despite the protests of those who held that it should have been passed by two-thirds majorities in both Houses, a step which would have been impossible in view of the relations of parties at the time. In the case of South Australia 3 it was provided that alterations in the constitution of the Houses should only be made if passed by absolute majorities in both Houses on the second and third readings, and the inconvenience of this pro- vision was seen in 1910, when the Lower House had a majority in favour of passing the Bill of that year to reduce the Council franchise to that of the Assembly, but by accident an absolute majority was not available on the occasion of the Second reading of the Bill and the standing orders had to be * Of the Act 31 Vict. No. 38, following clause xxii of the Order in Council of June 6, 1859, * This is not in the Order in Council but is taken from 18& 19 Vict. c. 54, sched. 5. 15. The rule disappeared in 1857 in New South Wales. ' Act No. 2 of 1855-6, 5. 34. This requirement as to majorities being disregarded led to the invalidity of the Electoral Act, 1861, and the Regis- tration Act, 1862, validated by 26 & 27 Vict. c. 84. 1279 af

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