(1) Subject to this paragraph, neither House may give a Bill its fiual reading

8. (1) Subject to this paragraph, neither House may give a Bill its fiual reading unless a report of the Parliamentary Legal Committee on the Bill has been presented to the House. (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to— (a) a Constitutional Bill; or (b) any Bill on which the Parliamentary Legal Committee has already reported unless the Bill has been amended since that report. (3) If the Parliamentary Legal Committee has not reported on a Bill within the period specified in Standing Orders, or within any extension of that period granted in accordance with Standing Orders, the Committee must be presumed to be of the opinion that no provision of the Bill, if enacted, would contravene this Constitution, and the House concerned may proceed with the Bill as if the Committee had reported accordingly. (4) Subject to subparagraphs (5) and (6). if the Parliamentary Legal Committee reports that a provision of a Bill, if enacted, would contravene this Constitution, the House concerned must consider the report and. if the House resolves that the provision concerned would contravene this Constitution, the House must not pass the Bill containing that provision. (5) When a House considers a report of the Parliamentary Legal Committee referred to in subparagraph (4) regarding a Bill that was introduced by a Vice-President, Minister or Deputy Minister, the person who introduced the Bill must be given a reasonable opportunity to respond to the report. (6) If a House resolves in accordance with subparagraph (4) that a provision of a Bill. if enacted, would contravene this Constitution, a Vice-President or Minister may apply to the Constitutional Court within fourteen days after the resolution was passed for a declaration that the provision. if enacted, would be in accordance with this Constitution, and if the Constitutional Court makes such a declaration the House concemed may proceed to consider and pass the Bill containing that provision. Reports of Parliamentary Legal Committee on statutory instruments