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    "content": "SML/GEN./CORR/VOL.1 (204), dated 2nd August, 2016, was supported by at least 15 Senators. Honourable Senators, you may wish to note that urgent business currently pending before the Senate includes the three Mediation Committee Reports on very crucial Bills, two of which are subject to the August 27, 2016 constitutional timeline and several Bills pending Division either at the Second Reading stage or at the Committee of the Whole. Honourable Senators, following consideration of the request by the Senate Majority Leader, I was satisfied that it met the requirements of Standing Order No.29(2). It is in this respect that I convened this Special Sitting of the Senate, by Gazette Notice No. 5987 dated 2nd August, 2016, which was carried in a Special Issue of the Gazette of 3rd August, 2016. Honourable Senators, as required by Standing Order No.29(5), the Notice specified the business to be transacted at this sitting and it is the business scheduled in today’s Order Paper. Indeed, as specified in the Gazette Notice and in accordance with Standing Order No.29(5) of the Senate Standing Orders, the business specified in the Notice shall be the only business before the Senate during this Special Sitting, following which the Senate shall stand adjourned until Tuesday, 13th September, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. in accordance with the Senate Calendar. Honourable Senators, it is noteworthy, and I wish to emphasize that in accordance with Article 123 of the Constitution and Standing Order No.71, for the Senate to approve business scheduled at Order Nos. 4 to 10 and 12 to 18, a majority of delegations – that is 24 delegations – are required to vote. Further, Order No.11, which relates to a constitutional amendment, requires a special majority of two thirds of all Senators to pass, pursuant to Article 256(1)(d) of the Constitution. I therefore urge you all to remain in the Chamber for the transaction of this important business as scheduled in the Order Paper. I thank you."
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