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    "content": "(ii) Similarly, many courts have held that, a matter touching on a legislative role of a House, or Houses of Parliament, or indeed, a matter of procedure in a House or between Houses of Parliament cannot be a question to be determined through a judicial process by a court of law. In a landmark case in the UK where a petitioner unchallenged the validity of the Finance Act of 1964 because it provided for expenditure on nuclear weapons contrary to international law, the court held that a statute cannot be challenged on the grounds that it was illegally made or made for unlawful purpose, or made unlawfully. The Court also held that, if this were possible, it would then amount to denial of supremacy of Parliament. On the same subject, Section 15 of Mason’s Legislative Manual provides as follows; and I quote: “A legislative body having the right to do an Act in law must be allowed to select the means of accomplishing such act within reasonable bounds. Under a constitutional The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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