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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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C.O.882/11

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

Bills reserved for signification of His Majesty's pleasure.

Initiation of money votes.

Who is to preside at meetings of the Council.

Voting.

Questions of

paramount importance.

Governor to

report measures passed under

powers conferred

under Article 114.

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110.-(1) The Governor may reserve any Bill passed by the Council for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure thereon, 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to the Legislative Council to make provision by law, so reserve any such Bill by which any provision of this Order is repealed, altered or amended or which is in any way repugnant to, or inconsistent with, any of the provisions of this Order.

(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.

111. 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 res lution shall have been proposed by, or by the direction of, or shall have the express approval of, the Governor.

112.-(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 In the absence of the Governor and by illness or other grave cause.

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.

113.--(1) Subject to the provisions contained in Article 114 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 Member shall have an original vote on all such questions, and also a casting vote if the votes shall be equally divided.

(2) Unless otherwise provided by rules made under Article 119(2), the votes of the Members of the Council shall be taken in the order of precedence.

114-(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 Members and Nominated Official Members shall be taken into consideration, and any such Bill, clause, amendment, resolution, 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.

115.-1) The Governor shall forthwith report to one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State every case in which he shall make any such declaration of opinion as is mentioned in Article 114 of this Örder, 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

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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.

116. The Council shall not be disqualified for the transaction Council may of business by reason of any vacancy or vacancies among the transact business notwithstanding ex-officio nominated, or elected members.

vacancies.

117. No business, except that of adjournment, shall be transacted Quorum. unless there shall be present six members, besides the President, Vice-President, or Presiding Member.

118. Subject to the provisions of this Order the Council shall, Rules to be

Conneil.

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 passing of laws by the then 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.

119.-(1) The course of business and procedure and the Standing orders. preservation of order at meetings of the Council shall be regulated by the rules and orders set forth in the Third Schedule to the Order in Council of 1923.

(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 such Third Schedule, and may rescind, vary, or amend any such rules and orders as above referred to.

SUPPLEMENTARY.

120. The Governor may at any time, by Proclamation, prorogue Prorogation or or dissolve the Council.

dissolution of

Council.

121. The Governor shall dissolve the Council at the expiration Duration of of five years from the 12th day of September, 1924, if it shall not Council. have been sooner dissolved.

in Executive

122. The decision of the Governor in Executive Council on any Power of Governor question which may arise as to the intention, construction or Council to decide application of this Order and of any rules thereunder shall be final. questions.

123. His Majesty hereby reserves to Himself, His Heirs and Power to revoke Successors, power, with the advice of His or Their Privy Council, and amend Order. to revoke, alter, or amend this Order as to Him or Them shall seem fit.

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