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Disallowance o laws.
Bills reserved
for signification
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XLIX. When the Governor assents to a law, he shall, by the first convenient opportunity, transmit an authentic copy in duplicate of the law to one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and it shall be lawful for His Majesty, at any time within two years after auch copy shall have been received by the Secretary of State, to notify to the Governor his disallowance of such law through one of His Principal Secretaries of State, and every law so disallowed shall become null and void from and after the day on which the Governor shall signify such disallowance by Proclamation in the Government Gazette.
L(1) The Governor may reserve any Bill passed by the Council for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure thereon. of His Majesty's and shall, except where under this Order power is expressly given to the Legislative Council to make provision by law, so reserve any such Bill by which any provision of this Order is repealed, altered or amended, or which is in any way repugnant to inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Order.
Initiation of Money Votes.
Who is to preside at Meetings of the Council.
Voting.
Questions of paramount im. portanos.
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(2) A Bill so reserved shall take effect so soon as His Majesty shall have given His assent thereto, either by Order in Council or through one of His Principal Secretaries of State, and the Governor shall have signified such assent by Proclamation in the Government Gazette.
LI. The Council shall not pass, nor shall the Governor assent to, any law, vote, or resolution imposing any tax or disposing of or charging any part of the public revenue, unless such law, vote, or resolution shall have been proposed by, or by the direction of, or shall have the express approval of, the Governor.
LII(1) The Governor shall be President and may attend and preside in the Council, but at Meetings of the Council at which he does not attend the Vice-President shall preside, unless prevented by illness or other grave cause. In the absence of the Governor and of the Vice-President, any member of the Council appointed by the Governor in writing, or, in default of such appointment, or in the absence of the member so appointed, the member present who stands first in order of precedence shall preside,
(2) The Vice-President shall be elected by the Council and shall hold office until the next dissolution of the Council after his election unless he shall previously resign such office or cease, from any cause whatever, to be a member of the Council.
LIII.--(1) Subject to the provisions contained in Article 54 of this Order, all questions proposed for decision in the Council shall be determined by a majority of the votes given on such questions, and the President, Vice-President or other presiding Membor shall have an original vote on all such questions, and also a casting vote if the votes shall be equally divided.
(2) The votes of the Members of the Council shall be taken in the order of precedence.
LIV.—(1) If the Governor is of opinion that the passing of any Bill or of any clause of it, or of any amendment to any such Bill, or of any resolution, or vote, is of paramount importance to the public interest, he may declare such Bill, clause, amendment, resolution, or vote to be of paramount importance. Such declaration may be made by the Governor or by an ex-officio Member of the Council acting by the authority and on the instructions of the Governor either before or after the votes of the Members are taken. (2) In any such case only the votes of the ex-officio Membere and Nominated Official Members shall be taken into consideration, and any such Bill, clause, rewolution, or vote shall be deemed to have been passed by the Council if a majority of the votes of such ex-officio Members and Nominated Official Members are recorded in favour of any such Bill, clause, amendment, resolution, or vote.
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LV. 1) The Governor shall forthwith report to one of His Governor to Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State every case in which he shall report measures make any such declaration of opinion as is mentioned in Article LIV. Passed under of this Order with the reasons for his opinion.
(2) If any Member objects to any such declaration of opinion, he may, within seven days of the making thereof, submit to the Governor a statement in writing of his reasons for so objecting, and a copy of such statement shall be appended to the report of the Governor required by this Article.
powers conferred under Article 54.
LVI. The Council shall not be disqualified for the transaction Council may of business by reason of any vacancy or vacancies among the ex- transact business officio, Nominated or Elected Members.
notwithstanding vacancies.
LVII. No business, except that of adjournment, shall be Quarum. transacted unless there shall be present six Members, besides the President, Vice-President or Presiding Member.
LVIII. Subject to the provisions of this Order the Council shall, Rules to be in the transaction of business and passing of laws, conform as nearly observed by
as may be to the directions as to the transaction of business and Council. passing of laws by the now existing Legislative Council of Ceylon conveyed to the Governor of Ceylon in certain Instructions under His Majesty's Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date the eleventh day of September, 1920, until otherwise provided by His Majesty, and to such further instructions under His Majesty's Sign Manual and Signet as may be hereafter addressed to the Governor in that behalf.
LIX. 1) The course of business and procedure and the preser- Standing Ordern. vation of order at meetings of the Council shall be regulated by the rules and orders set forth in Schedule III. to this Order.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Order, and such Instructions as aforesaid, the Council may from time to time make rules and orders to supplement the rules and orders set forth in Schedule III. to this Order, and may rescind, vary, or amend any such rules and orders as above referred to.
LX. The sessions of the Council shall be held at such times and Sessions of places as the Governor shall from time to time, by Proclamation in Council. the Government Gazette, appoint.
There shall be at least one
session of the Council every year, and there shall not be an interval of twelve months between the last sitting in one session and the first sitting in the next session. The first session shall be held within two months of the holding of the first general election of Members of the Council hereinafter referred to.
LXI. The Governor may at any time, by Proclamation, prorogue Prorogation or or dissolve the Council.
dissolution of
Council.
LXII. The Governor shall dissolve the Council at the expiration Duration of of five years from the date of the publication in the Government Council. Gazette of the return of the first Member elected at the last pre- ceding general election, if it shall not have been sooner dissolved.
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LXIII. The first general election of Members of the Legislative Times of first and Council shall be held at such time not more than six months after subsequent the publication of this Order in the Government Gazette, and general election shall be held at such time within two months after
general elections. every dissolution of the Council, as the Governor shall, by Proclama- tion, appoint :
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