Before moving the motion on the Order Paper in my name. I should like to allude to the fact that owing to the interpretation given to Article 39 of the Constitution it has been held that a Bill initiated in the Seanad and amended in the Dáil must be treated on its return from the Dáil as a Bill initiated in that House. This Bill is one which has been so amended. The Dáil inserted three amendments of a technical nature. Owing to the interpretation of Article 39 of the Constitution to which I have referred no certificate of these amendments has been received from the Dáil which sends the Bill to the Seanad as though it were a fresh Bill initiated in the Dáil. I have no official notification of any amendments but informally I know that three small technical amendments were inserted as follows:—
1. In Section 1, page 5, to delete lines 6, 7 and 8.
2. In Section 17, page 8, line 55, to delete the words "Governor-General or any order of the."
3. In Section 38, sub-section (2), page 14, line 53, to delete the words "order of the Governor-General" and substitute therefor the words "authorised under an order of the Minister."
These are the facts as I know them. I now move "That the Bill do now pass."
