Motions

WHEREAS it is provided by section 64(1) of the Constitution that where a Money Bill, having been passed by the House of Representatives and sent to the Senate at least one month before the end of the session, is not passed by the Senate without amendment within one month after it is sent to the Senate, the Bill shall, unless the House of Representatives otherwise resolves, be presented to the President for assent notwithstanding that the Senate has not consented to the Bill; and

WHEREAS the Judges Salaries and Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2014 and the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service) (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as “the Bills”) are Money Bills and were passed in the House of Representatives on the 13th day of June, 2014; and

WHEREAS the Bills were introduced in the Senate on the 17th day of June, 2014 and were, on the 8th day of July, 2014, referred to a Special Select Committee of the Senate which was mandated to consider the details of the Bills and to report to the Senate by the 30th day of July, 2014; and

WHEREAS the Report of the Special Select Committee on the Judges Salaries and Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2014 and the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service) (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was presented in the Senate on the 23rd day of July, 2014 and –

1. stated that due to the imminent prorogation of the Fourth Session of the Tenth Parliament, the said Special Select Committee will be unable to complete its work as mandated; and
2. recommended, inter alia, that a similar Committee be appointed in the Fifth Session of the Tenth Parliament to complete the work begun by the said Special Select Committee; and

WHEREAS the Bills were not passed by the Senate without amendment within one month after they were sent to the Senate; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with section 64(1) of the Constitution, the Bills shall, unless the House of Representatives otherwise resolves, be presented to the President for assent notwithstanding that the Senate has not consented to the Bills; and

WHEREAS it is expedient that the Bills not be presented to the President for assent in accordance with section 64(1) of the Constitution:

BE IT RESOLVED that the Judges Salaries and Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2014 and the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service)(Amendment) Bill, 2014 not be presented to the President for assent in accordance with section 64(1) of the Constitution.

(By the Leader of the House)