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Article 258: Voice votes and skipping committee review

258.Ratification of certain acts relating to the procedure of Parliament

Subject to Article 92 of this Constitution—

(a)no Act, resolution or decision passed or taken or purported to have been passed or taken by Parliament at any time after the commencement of this Constitution using the procedure of voting by voice vote, namely, by the voices of “Ayes” for those in favour of the question and “Noes” for those against the question, shall be taken to be invalid by reason of the use of that procedure;

(b)no Act passed or purported to have been passed by Parliament at any time after the commencement of this Constitution shall be taken to be invalid by reason of the fact that the bill for the Act was not discussed and recommendations made on it to Parliament by a standing committee.

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Laws passed by Parliament are valid even if they were approved by a simple voice vote of 'Ayes' and 'Noes' instead of a formal recorded vote. Also, a ...

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