Reporting when Parliament not in session
4 Reporting when Parliament not in session
If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the joint committee seeks to give a report to the House, the joint committee may present copies of the report to the Clerk of the House.
The report—
on presentation and for all purposes is taken to have been laid before the House, and
may be printed by authority of the Clerk, and
if printed by authority of the Clerk—is for all purposes taken to be a document published by or under the authority of the House, and
must be recorded in the Minutes, or Votes and Proceedings, of the House on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of the report by the Clerk.
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