Bill Of Rights Essay

Aropa assignment

A MP for Tohunga and the Prime Minister has been the butt of Bart’s jokes. They decided to introduce a private member’s bill to Parliament which would make it a criminal offence to publish any statement that is likely to harm the reputation or to lower opinions of or feelings towards a public figure, regardless of whether that statement is true or not. The Prime minister want to make the legislation retrospective.

Bill of Rights 1688 (UK) gave Parliament plenary power to make law. One of the principal constitutional doctrine in Bill of Rights 1688 called parliamentary sovereignty, says that Parliament can make any legislation it likes.

The MP should introduce the bill to cabinet, then it has to pass the following processes to become an act :

After that they will start the first reading, the House vote to decide if the bill should progress at the end of the first reading. If the bill passed ‘first reading’ , the bill is usually referred to a select committee to be considered in more detail. Once a bill is referred to a select committee, the select committee will test the bill and invite public submissions. Then they will listen to public opinions and make reports. During the committee hearing period, Bart can organize a referendum and hand in his petition.

The member of parliament will check the issues they received, and decide whether they should changes the bill or not. After they decide the final form of the bill. They will start the third reading. The final vote in the House will determine either pass the bill or reject it. at the third reading, Bills are rarely rejected. If the bill is passed there is one final step before it becomes law — Royal assent. A bill becomes a act after the Governor-General signs