ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ACT - 1960 (CA 7)

Section - 5 - Preparation of Presentation Copies

(1) As soon as a Bill has been passed by the National Assembly the text of the Bill as passed shall be sent by the Clerk of the Assembly to the Government Printer, who shall print four copies thereof on vellum or on paper of enduring quality and send the copies to the Clerk of the Assembly.

(2) On receiving the said copies the Clerk shall carefully compare them with the text of the Bill as passed and if he finds them to be correct shall sign on each copy a statement in the form set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Act, and shall cause the copies to be presented to the President.

(3) If the Bill was passed in exercise of a legislative power expressed by the Constitution to be reserved to the people the Clerk shall, before causing the said copies to be presented to the President, submit them to the Speaker who, if he is satisfied that power to pass the Bill has been conferred on Parliament in the manner provided by section (2) of Article 20 of the Constitution, shall sign on each copy a certificate in the form set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Act.