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during a session of Parliament, not less than one month 
before the close of the session, been passed by the Legislative 
Assembly and transmitted to the Legislative Council for 
its concurrence therein, and the Legislative Council before the 
close of the session has either—— 
(a) Rejected or failed to pass such Bill ; or 
(6) Passed such Bill with any amendment or amendments 
in which the Legislative Assembly does not concur ;—and by 
reason thereof the Bill has been lost. 
(2) For the purposes of this Act such Bill shall be deemed 
to have been rejected a second time when the Legislative 
Assembly in the next session of Parliament has, after an 
interval of not less than three months from the first rejection 
of the Bill as defined by the last preceding subsection, again 
passed such Bill (or a Bill substantially the same) and trans- 
mitted it to the Legislative Council for its concurrence therein, 
not less than one week before the close of the session, and the 
Legislative Council before the close of the session has either— 
(c) Rejected or failed to pass such Bill ; or 
(d) Passed such Bill with any amendment or amendments 
in which the Legislative Assembly does not concur ;—and 
by reason thereof the Bill has again been lost. 
4.—(1) Whenever a Bill has been twice rejected by the 
Legislative Council, the Governor in Council may, by pro- 
clamation published in the Gazette after the close of the 
session in which the Bill was rejected a second time, direct 
that the Bill so rejected shall be submitted by referendum 
to the electors ; and a referendum poll shall accordingly be 
laken thereon under this Act at the time appointed in that 
behalf. The publication in the Gazette of such proclamation 
shall be conclusive evidence that the Bill as last rejected is 
the same Bill or substantially the same Bill as the Bill 
rejected in the session last but one preceding, and has heen 
twice rejected by the Legislative Council. 
(2) When a Bill is so directed to be submitted to a referen- 
dum, a copy of the Bill, in the form in which it was finally 
agreed to by the Legislative Assembly, certified as correct 
by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, shall, within 
twenty-one days after the issue of the said proclamation, be 
transmitted by the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly to 
the Home Secretary. Forthwith upon receipt of such copy the 
Home Secretary shall cause the same to be published in the 
Gazette, together with such amendments as have been made 
by the Legislative Council and which the Legislative Council 
may by resolution request to be annexed thereto. 
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