Chapter 19 - Roll Call

110  Roll call for Constitution alteration bills

  1. A roll call shall take place immediately before the third reading of a bill to alter the Constitution.

  2. Where the third readings of more than one bill to alter the Constitution are determined in immediate succession, one roll call may be made in respect of all the bills.

Amendment history

Adopted: 19 August 1903 as SO 234 (part) (corresponding to paragraph (1)) but renumbered as SO 233 for the first printed edition

1989 revision: Old SO 242 (part) renumbered as 110[1] and paragraph (2) added (relating to one roll call for successive bills)

Commentary

In recent times, this requirement has been suspended.[2]