Document:Abolition of the House of Commons

Be it Resolved by the Senate and Commons in this Present Parliament Assembled:

The Governor-General shall be authorized to enact a proclamation amending the Constitution Act, 1955, as follows:

Section 7 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:

"There shall be one Parliament for Ibagli, consisting of the Queen and an upper house styled The Senate."

Section 8 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:

"The powers, privileges, and immunities of the Senate, and of the members thereof, shall be from time to time determined by Acts of the Parliament of Ibagli."

Section 9 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:

"Every member of the Senate shall take an oath or affirmation of Allegiance to the Queen to be eligible to take their seat as a voting member in the Senator."

Section 12 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is hereby repealed.

Section 20 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is hereby repealed.

Section 21 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is hereby repealed.

Section 22 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is hereby repealed.

Section 23 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is hereby repealed.

Section 24 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is hereby repealed.

Section 25 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is hereby repealed.

Section 26 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is hereby repealed.

Section 27 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:

"When a bill passed by the Senate is presented to the Governor-General for the signification of the Queen’s Assent, he shall declare, subject to his discretion and the provisions of this act and of the Queen’s instructions, that he assents to the Bill in the Queen’s Name, that he withholds the Queen’s assent, or that he reserves the Bill for the signification of the Queen’s Pleasure."

Section 28 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:

"When the Governor-General assents to a Bill in the Queen’s Name, he shall submit a copy of the act to Her Majesty, and if the Queen in Council should, within two years from the date that the act was submitted to Her Majesty, thinks fit to disallow the Act, such disallowance shall be signified to the Senate by the Governor-General and annul the Act."

Section 29 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:

"A Bill reserved for the signification of the Queen’s pleasure shall not be of force and effect unless the Governor-General signifies to the Senate that it has received the Assent of the Queen-in-Council."

Section 37 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:

"This Constitution may be amended by a proclamation by the Governor-General in Council after two-thirds of the Senate has approved a resolution authorising the amendment."

Section 40 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:

"Every citizen of Ibagli that is over the age of eighteen shall have the right to vote for members of the Senate."

Section 41 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:

No Parliament shall extend for longer than five years from the date fixed for a return of the election writs of a general election of members of the Senate.