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    "id": 958298,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/958298/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
    "speaker_title": "",
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    "content": "The said variance concerns Clause 1 of the Division of Revenue Bill (No. 2) of 2019 as agreed by the Mediation Committee. The Chairperson and part of the Members of the Mediation Committee drawn from this House, have this afternoon averred that the version of the Bill agreed to and proposed by the Committee contains Clause 1 which reads as follows: “This Act may be cited as the Division of Revenue Act, 2019 and shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st July 2019”. According to the Chairperson, the said variance emanates from the fact that the version of the Bill that was tabled in the Senate ostensibly provides that the commencement date shall be upon publication of the Act in the Gazette after assent. Following the concerns that have been raised both by the Chairperson and the Members of the Mediation Committee that have spoken to this Bill and other communication made to me, I undertook to verify the matter from the official records available. In this regard, I have since confirmed what transpired in the Mediation Committee from the HANSARD Report of the proceedings of the said Committee in the meeting that adopted the agreed version of the Division of Revenue Bill that they were tasked to propose to the Houses. Indeed, I have since confirmed also that as per the HANSARD record of the said meeting of the Committee held in the morning of 11th September 2019, yesterday, Clause 1 providing for commencement was indeed amended."
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