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(1) A Bill for the alteration of this
Constitution must be expressed as a Bill for an Act
to alter this Constitution. (2) Subject to subsection
(3) and section 192, the Bill, with or without amendments
passed by either House of the Parliament, must be passed
by both Houses in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) the Bill is read 3 times in each House and motions
for the second and third readings are carried in each
House; (b) at the second and third readings it is supported
by the votes of at least two-thirds of the members of
each House; (c) in the House of Representatives an interval
of at least 60 days elapses between the second and third
readings and each of those readings is preceded by full
opportunity for debate; (d) the third reading of the
Bill in the House of Representatives does not take place
until after the relevant standing committee has reported
on the Bill to that House. (3) Subject to section 192,
if (a) the Prime Minister certifies that a particular
Bill for the alteration of the Constitution is an urgent
measure that ought to be dealt with by the House of
Representatives under this subsection; and (b) the giving
of that certificate is supported by a resolution passed
by a majority of at least 53 members of the House; paragraphs
(2)(b), (c) and (d) do not apply in relation to the
consideration of the Bill by that House and the Bill
is deemed to have been duly passed by that House if,
on its third reading, it is passed by a majority of
at least 53 members of that House.
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