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“the State President may during that session refer the bill [or] and the different versions thereof which have been passed, as the case may be, to [the President’s Council] a joint sitting of the Houses contemplated in section 67(2)(b)(ii) for [its decision] consideration: Provided that the State President may withdraw the reference at any time before the [President’s Council] Houses at the joint sitting [gives its] give a decision on the bill.”; | ||
| (b) | by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsections:
“(1A) Unless the State President withdraws a reference in terms of subsection (1), the Houses may at the joint sitting by a majority of the members present reject the bill or pass it as introduced or as amended at such joint sitting. (1B) A bill passed by the Houses at a joint sitting in terms of subsection (1A) shall be deemed to have been passed by Parliament.”; and | |
| (c) | by the deletion of subsections (3), (4) and (5). |
Amendment of section 33 of Act 110 of 1983
3. Section 33 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of paragraph (b) of subsection (1).
Amendment of section 55 of Act 110 of 1983, as amended by section 22 of Act 69 of 1986
4. Section 55 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of paragraph (a) of subsection (2).
Amendment of section 67 of Act 110 of 1983, as amended by section 10 of Act 105 of 1984 and section 3 of Act 50 of 1988
5. Section 67 of the principal Act is hereby amended―
| (a) | by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
“(2) The State President―
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| (b) | by the addition to subsection (3) of the following words:
“Provided that in the case of such a sitting called in terms of subsection (2)(b)(ii) a Chairman of a House designated by the Speaker may preside thereat.”; | |||||||||||||
| (c) | by the substitution for subsections (4) and (5) of the following subsections:
“(4) The Speaker shall, subject to the other provisions of this section, determine the rules and orders for the order and conduct of the proceedings of such a joint sitting, and such rules and orders in respect of a joint sitting called in terms of subsection (2)(b)(ii) may differ from rules and orders in respect of any other joint sitting. (5) No resolution shall be adopted at any [such] joint sitting other than a joint sitting called in terms of subsection (2)(b)(ii).”; and | |||||||||||||
| (d) | by the addition of the following subsection: .
“(6) The quorum for a joint sitting called in terms of subsection (2)(b)(ii) shall be one half of the total number of members of the three Houses jointly.”. |
