Procedure on Senate Amendments

(1) When a Bill is returned from the Senate with amendments, the consideration of such amendments may, with the consent of the Speaker, be entered upon forthwith, or may be put down for such future day as the Member in charge of the Bill shall appoint. (2) Upon a motion being made “That the Senate amendments to the Bill be now considered”, an amendment may be proposed to that question, to leave out the word “now”, and add at the end of the question “upon this day six months” or some other date. (3) When the House proceeds to the consideration of Senate amendments, each amendment shall be read by the Clerk and may be agreed to, or agreed to with amendment, or disagreed to. Upon any such amendment being disagreed to, an amendment may be made to the Bill in lieu thereof, but no amendment may be proposed to a Senate amendment save an amendment strictly relevant thereto, nor may an amendment be moved to the Bill, unless the amendment be relevant to or consequent upon either the acceptance or rejection of a Senate amendment. (4) When the House has concluded the consideration of the (a) if such amendments have been agreed to, a message shall be sent to the Senate informing them “That the House of Representatives has Belize Constitution 63 agreed to the to the .......................... Bill”, and a printed copy of the Bill as amended shall be +submitted to the Governor-General for his Assent; (b) if such amendments have been amended, the Bill as amended, endorsed by the Speaker, shall be returned to the Senate together with a message informing the Senate that the House has passed the Bill with amendments to which they desire the concurrence of the Senate; (c) if such amendments have been disagreed to, the Bill shall be returned to the Senate with a message informing the Senate “That the House of Representatives have disagreed to the to the........................................Bill”. (5) When the House has disagreed to a Senate amendment, if the Senate returns the Bill with a message that it insists upon the amendment the House may either– (a) agree to the said amendment, in which case the provisions of paragraph (4)(a) of this Standing Order shall apply; or (b) amend such amendments in which case the provisions of paragraph (4)(b) of this Standing Order shall apply; or (c) postpone the consideration of the Senate amendment for six months or any other period decided by the House; or (d) order the withdrawal of the Bill; or 64 Belize Constitution (e) subject to the Provisions of sections 78, 79 and 80 of the Belize Constitution, present the Bill as passed by the House of Representatives to the Governor-General for his notwithstanding the disagreement of the