Section 68

Functions of Committees on Bill

of State Legislative Assembly Standing Orders

State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 69 of 111

(1)

Any Committee to which a Bill is committed shall not discuss the principle of the

Bill but only its details.

(2)

Any such Committee shall have power to make such amendments to the Bill as they shall think fit; provided that the amendments (including new clauses and

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new schedules) are relevant to the subject matter of the Bill; but if any such amendments are not within the title of the Bill, they shall amend the title accordingly, and shall report the same to the Assembly.

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