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(b) proceed upon any motion (including any amendment to a motion), the effect of which, in the opinion of the Speaker, is that provision should be made for any of the purposes aforesaid; or
(c) receive any petition which, in the opinion of the Speaker, requests that provision be made for any of the purposes aforesaid.
(3)The provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to-
(a) any Bill introduced or motion proposed by a Minister or a Deputy Minister; or
(b) any amendment moved by a Minister or a Deputy Minister to a Bill or motion.
35.(1) No Bill shall become law until the Officer Administering the Government has assented thereto and has signed it in token of such assent.
(2) A Bill shall be presented to the Officer Administering the Government for assent when it has been duly passed by Parliament, subject always to compliance with any other requirements of this Constitution that apply to such Bill.
(3) When a Bill is presented to the Officer Administering the Government for assent he shall declare, subject to the law and constitutional convention, that he assents or refuses assent thereto.
(4) In every Bill presented to the Officer Administering the Government for assent, the words of enactment shall be--
(a) “Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor-General as representative of the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Rhodesia"; or
(b) "Be it enacted by His Excellency the Regent as representative of the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Rhodesia";
as the case may require.

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36.(1) Where under this Constitution there is a provision that a Bill of any specified description shall not be presented to the Officer Administering the Government for assent unless it is accompanied by a prescribed certificate, the Officer Administering the Government shall not assent to such Bill unless it is accompanied by a certificate which conforms to such requirements.

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