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66     (1) At the time of presenting Bills, the Speaker shall call successively each member in whose name a Bill stands on the Order Paper.


(2) The Member called under sub-rule (1) shall rise and move that the Bill be read the first time and no question shall be put.

 

(3) The Clerk shall read aloud the short title of the Bill and the Bill shall then be taken as read the first time.

 

(4) A Bill having been read a first time shall stand committed to the relevant Committee without question put.

 

(5) The Committee to which a Bill is committed shall present its report to the  house within seven days of such committal  and thereafter the Bill
shall be read a second time on such a day as the Member in whose name the Bill stands, shall appoint: Provided that a Committee which does not complete its report within the given period, may by leave of the House, continue its work on the Bill for a further seven days.