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    "content": "Order! Hon. Members, before we proceed to order No.8, I have the following communication to make. Order No.8 (ii) is the Committee Stage for the Statute Law Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill of 2012. Numerous proposals for amendments have been received. Indeed, some proposals for amendment have come in as late as one hour before this sitting started. Hon. Members, as you are aware under Standing Order No.116(2), no amendment can be moved to any part of a Bill by any Member other than the Member in charge of the Bill unless written notification thereof has been given to the Clerk before the commencement of the sitting at which that part of the Bill is to be considered in Committee. The purpose of this Standing Order is not only to allow the necessary drafting of the amendments to be done, but also to give adequate notice of the amendments to other Members of the House, so as to enable them debate the amendments from a position of information. It is, therefore, necessary that reasonable time is allowed between the lodging of proposed amendments to the Office of the Clerk and the time when the House will proceed to the Committee of the Whole House. In the case of Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, owing to the diverse subject matter with which it deals, a requirement for reasonable notice is particularly important. Arising from this, it has become necessary to defer the Committee Stage for the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2012 under Order No. 8(ii) to tomorrow Wednesday, 20th June, 2012 in the afternoon sitting in order to allow for all the amendments that have been received to be processed and put on the Order Paper. In the meantime, I have directed the Office of the Clerk to circulate to all Members the proposed amendments already received. I additionally direct that all Members who still have amendments which they wish to propose to the Bill may submit them not later than the rise of the House today. I thank you, hon. Members."
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