Section 58: Adoption stage of Bills

58. Adoption stage of Bills (1) A Bill having passed through a Committee of the whole Assembly, or having been reported to the Assembly by a Select Committee and the report of the Select Committee having been approved by the Assembly, may, on motion made forthwith, be adopted, or, if the Assembly so directs, the adoption stage may be postponed. (2) If, at the adoption stage of a Bill, any Member who desires to amend or delete any provision contained in the Bill or to introduce any fresh provision, may move that the Bill be recommitted to a Committee of the whole Assembly. At the conclusion of the proceedings of a Committee on a Bill so recommitted, the provisions of Standing Order 56 (1) and paragraph (1) of this Order shall apply: Provided that with the Chairperson’s permission, amendments for the correction of errors or oversights may be made to a Bill on a motion for the adoption stage without being recommitted.