Section 81
Private Bills
of State Legislative Assembly Standing Orders
(1)
Where any Member proposes to move for leave to bring in a Bill which is intended to promote the interest of some particular person, association, or corporate body (referred to in these Standing Orders as “a private Bill”), he shall give notice of the Bill by not less than three successive publications of the Bill in the Gazette before its introduction into the Assembly. The Member giving notice of the motion for leave to bring in the Bill shall at the same time deliver to the
Clerk one copy each of the aforesaid publications of the Bill in the Gazette.
(2)
No Private Bill shall be brought in except after the payment of any fees prescribe by the Assembly and upon Petition from the Promoters, stating the nature and objects of the Bills, and alleging concisely any reasons which the promoters think fit to urge.
(3)
Every private Bill shall, after being read a second time, be referred to a Select
Committee, before which any affected party who has presented a Petition to the
Assembly under the provisions of Standing Order No. 16 (Petitions) may be heard upon that Petition, either in person or by Counsel.
(4)
Every Select Committee on a private Bill shall require proof of the facts and other allegations set forth in the Bill and may take such oral or other evidence as it may think requisite, and thereafter if the Committee finds that the said facts and allegations are not proved it shall report accordingly.
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(5)
If the Committee finds that the said facts and allegations have been proved, the
Committee shall proceed as provided in Standing Order No. 74 (Procedure in
Select Committee on a Bill), and in respect of all material amendments which it makes shall describe their purport in its report to the Assembly. No clause affecting any private right of interest shall be allowed in the Bill unless circumstances are set forth in the Bill which render such clause justifiable and expedient.
(6)
In the case of a private Bill the Committee shall not allow any new clause to be inserted which is outside the terms of the notice in the Gazette.
(7)
All expenses incurred in the printing and publication of any private Bill shall be paid by the promoters of that Bill.
(8)
After the Bill has been reported from the Select Committee, a copy of the Report thereof shall be sent to the Promoters together with notice of the date appointed for the third reading of the Bill. If notice has been received from the Promoters that they wish to abandon the Bill, the Member in charge shall withdraw the Bill under the provisions of Standing Order No. 79 (Withdrawal of Bills).
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