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68     (1) Subject to this Rule, Chairman of Council of Ministers or other Member in charge of the Bill shall move that the bill be read a second time and may speak to the motion.

 

(2) The Chairperson of the Committee to which the Bill is referred or a Member of the Committee designated by the Committee or by the Speaker shall, after the motion for the second reading has been moved under sub-rule (1) and seconded, present to the House the report of the Committee on the Bill.

 

(3) A debate shall then ensue on the merits and principles of the Bill on the basis of the explanatory memorandum and the report from the Committee.

 

(4) If the motion is carried, the Clerk shall read aloud the short title of the Bill,  and the Bill shall then be taken to have been read the second time.

 

(5) On resumption of proceedings, any business which the Committee of the Whole House was reported that it has been unable to complete, shall be replaced on the order of business for a subsequent sitting.