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Examinee and Sessional Committees. 42. There shall be an Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, to be appointed by the two Speakers. 43. There shall be appointed at the beginning of every Session a Joint Committee (hereinafter called " the Joint Committee") to consider and report on any cases of non-compliance with these Orders. The Joint Committee shall consist of five Members chosen by the Legislative Council and five Members chosen by the House of Eepresentatives. Four Members (two from each House) shall be a quorum. The Chairman of the Joint Committee shall have a deliberative as well as a casting vote. 44. For the purpose of choosing Members to serve on Committees on Private Bills there shall be appointed in each House, at the beginning of every Session, a Committee, to be called the " Committee of Selection." A Committee of Selection shall consist of five Members, of whom the Chairman of Committees shall be one. Three shall be a quorum. In each House the Chairman of Committees shall, ex officio, be Chairman of the Committee of Selection ; but, in his absence, the Members of the Committee present at any meeting thereof may choose one of their number to be Chairman for that meeting. Application for Bill. 45. Application for a Bill shall be made by Petition. 46. A Petition for a Bill shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office not earlier than thirty days before, and not later than fourteen days after, the commencement of the Session in which it is proposed to bring in the Bill. 47. There shall be annexed to the Petition — (a.) A printed copy of the Bill : (6.) A declaration to the effect set forth in Order fifty-two hereof. 48. The Petition shall be signed by the promoters, or, if the promoters be a corporation, shall be authenticated in the manner in which deeds executed by a corporation are required by law to be authenticated. 49. Every declaration required by these Orders to be made in the matter, of a Bill promoted by a corporation shall be made either by an officer of the corporation duly authorised to make the same, or, in the case of a foreign corporation, by its duly appointed attorney within New Zealand. If the declaration be made by an officer as aforesaid, the seal of the corporation shall be affixed thereto ; if it be made by an attorney as aforesaid, a declaration of non-revocation shall be attached. 50. Every Petition, affidavit, declaration, or other document deposited in the Private Bill Office in pursuance of these Orders shall be headed by the Title of the Bill to which the document relates. 51. Together with the Petition there shall be deposited — (a.) An affidavit or declaration by the promoters or their agent stating that the Bill has been advertised as by these Orders required : (b.) Copies of the several Gazettes and newspapers containing the advertisements of the Bill: (c.) A sufficient number of printed copies of the Bill. 52. The declaration annexed to the Petition shall state whether the Bill gives any of the following powers, that is to say, —

Examiner. 5.0., No. 7. Joint Committee. Ibid,, No. 8.

Committee of Selection. Ibid., No. 9.

Petition. Ibid., No. 10. When Petition to be lodged.

Documents annexed to Petition. Ibid., No. 30.

Authentication of Petition.

Declaration on behalf of Corporation.

Petition, &c, to be properly intituled.

Documents to be lodged with Petition.

Contents of annexed declaration. Ibid., No. 31.