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future.
Accordingly a draft bill has been
prepared
putting forward the necessary powers and privileges.
The Bill
8.
The Bill follows to a large extent the standard
pattern for such legislation developed for application
in former colonial legislatures. Clause 2 provides for
various sections of the bill to be brought into effect
on different dates. This would allow, for example, the
provisions relating to immunity within the precincts of
the Council to be made effective only when the Council
had moved to its new premises. Subject to Members'
advice, however, there is no specific intention
present to introduce the Bill's provisions by stages.
at
9.
Clause 3 provides for immunity from legal
action in respect of any proceedings before the
Council. Clause 4 provides for freedom from arrest for
civil debt during a sitting of the Council.
Clause 5
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