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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Identifikator:: 1896934455

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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CHAP. VII] THE UPPER HOUSES 555 any such joint sitting may deliberate and shall vote together upon the Bill as last proposed by the House of Assembly and upon amendments, if any, which have been made therein by one House of Parliament and not agreed to by the other ; and any such amendments which are affirmed by a majority of the total number of members of the Senate and House of Assembly present at such sitting shall be taken to have been carried, and if the Bill with the amendments, if any, is affirmed by a majority of the members of the Senate and House of Assembly present at such sitting, it shall be taken to have been duly passed by both Houses of Parliament : Provided that, if the Senate shall reject or fail to pass any Bill dealing with the appropriation of revenue or moneys for the public service, such joint sitting may be convened during the same session in which the Senate so rejects or fails to pass such Bill. § 6. THE NomMINEE Houses AND MoNEY BirLs The question of the powers of the Lower and Upper Houses in legislatures with nominee Upper Houses has been finally settled by a decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, to whom the matter was referred in 1886 by the request. of both Houses of the Parliament of Queensland. In 1854 the question was raised by the Legislative Council of New Zealand, which asserted that it had a right to deal freely with and amend Supply Bills. But in his reply of March 25, 1855, the Secretary of State declined to accept this view, and laid it down that as the Upper House was not elective it should follow the practice of the Lords in these matters, and not amend Money Bills! The question was again raised in 1862-3 in the following circumstances.? In the case of a Bill affecting native lands and allowing them to be disposed of otherwise than through the action of the Crown, there was a provision for the issue of certificates on payment of a certain rate. The Council amended the Bill to provide that any certificate granted was not to give power to any tribe or person to sell the land included in the certificate, or to exchange it or lease it for more than t Parl. Pap., H. C. 160, 1855, pp. 38, 39; Constitution and Government of New Zealand, p. 194. 2 Ibid., pp. 195 seq.

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