Parliamentary Papers Act 1963 (Cth)

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

No. 29 of 1963.

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Papers Act 1908-1946.

[Assented to 30th May, 1963.]

[Date of commencement, 27th June, 1963.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Papers Act 1963.

(2.) The Parliamentary Papers Act 1908-1946, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Parliamentary Papers Act 1908-1963.

 

Publication of Parliamentary Papers.

2. Section two of the Parliamentary Papers Act 1908-1946 is amended by inserting after sub-section (1.) the following sub-section:—

“(1a.) Where a document is dealt with in such a manner that, in accordance with the rules or orders of a House of the Parliament, it is to be deemed to have been presented to that House, the document shall, for the purposes of the last preceding sub-section, be deemed to have been laid before that House.”.