Section 54: Committee Stage of Bills

54. Committee Stage of Bills (1) When a motion that the Assembly do resolve itself into a Committee on a Bill has been agreed to, or whenever the Committee Stage of a Bill is reached on the Order Paper, the Chairperson shall leave the Chair without question put. (2) Any Committee to which a Bill is committed shall not discuss the principles of the Bill but only its details. (3) Any such Committee shall have power to amend or delete any clause and to add any new clause or schedule, provided that any amendments and additions shall comply with the following conditions— (a) they must be relevant to the subject matter of the Bill and to the subject matter of the clause to which they relate; [Issue 2] R30 – 48 Revised Laws of Mauritius (b) they must not be inconsistent with any clause already agreed to or any decision already come to by the Committee; (c) if they refer to, or are not intelligible without a subsequent amendment or schedule, notice of the subsequent amendment or schedule, unless the Chairperson permits otherwise, must be given before or when the first amendment is moved, so as to make the series of amendments intelligible; (d) if an amendment is not within the title of the Bill, the title shall be amended accordingly and the same shall be reported to the Assembly.