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	Prorogation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When a legislature or parliament is prorogued, it is still constituted (that is, all members remain as members and a general election is not necessary), but all orders of the body (bills, motions, etc.) are expunged.
		In the British and Canadian parliamentary systems, this is usually due to the completion of the agenda set forth in the Speech from the Throne.
		Legislatures and parliaments, once prorogued, remain in recess until summoned again by the Queen, Governor General, or Lieutenant Governor, and a new session is begun with a Speech from the Throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prorogation (130 words)

	CBC News:Decision to prorogue Parliament may make Martin PM sooner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The news Parliament was being prorogued came as thousands of Liberal party faithful began arriving in Toronto for the convention that will anoint Paul Martin as the party's new leader.
		The proroguing of Parliament suggests the current prime minister might be ready to hand over the reins of power before his scheduled departure next February.
		Proroguing Parliament puts in limbo two key government bills, which would have to be reintroduced if they are to pass.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/11/12/liberals031112 (445 words)

	Politics - 15th July 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The factual situation in existence at the time of the president's utilisation of the power to prorogue also becomes relevant in the ultimate decision of whether or not the proclamation is a valid exercise of constitutional power and binding on parliament.
		In proroguing parliament, therefore, the president is not performing a purely executive function, but is acting so as to arrest the legislative power of the people by rendering parliament functus for a period of time.
		Above the laws of this land, Kumaratunga's actions are similar to that of a bandit queen, throwing caution and ethics to the winds as she steers her band of pirates in a whirlpool of political turmoil.
	www.lanka.net /sundayleader/2001/Jul/15/politics.html (14913 words)

	park24.htm
		The decision to prorogue Parliament, which had been on summer break, and start fresh with a throne speech means a new package of priorities favoured by Prime Minister Jean Chretien will be ushered in.
		The decision to prorogue also throws into question a report, due this fall, which was expected to criticize the government's handling of three advertising contracts.
		Conservative Leader Joe Clark called the decision to prorogue "indefensible" given an escalating international crisis between the U.S. and Iraq, and said the Liberals were trying to bury the unflattering report by public accounts.
	www.igs.net /~kiddbatt/DOCS/park/park24.htm (1971 words)

	Parliament of Australia: Senate: Briefs - two
		Parliament was frequently prorogued in the early years of federation, and always prorogued prior to the dissolution of the House of Representatives for the purpose of a general election.
		Between 1961 and 1993, Parliament was prorogued only four times, twice for the purpose of allowing openings by the Queen during her visits to Australia in 1974 and 1977.
		The practice of proroguing Parliament prior to the dissolution of the House of Representatives for the purpose of a general election was restored by the Government in 1993.
	www.aph.gov.au /SEnate/dept/briefs/brieftwo.htm (2648 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The presiding officers had adjourned both Houses on December 23 and, as is the norm, Parliament is prorogued subsequently by the President on the cabinet’s advice.
		In the event of Parliament being prorogued, the next session being the first of the year would have been a joint one to be addressed by the President.
		Party sources said the government did not recommend that Parliament be prorogued because it wanted an extension of the winter session to present a vote-on-account without any trouble.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040113/asp/nation/story_2780848.asp (572 words)

	Chapter Propose <i>to</i> Prose of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
		After an adjournment all things continue as they were at the adjournment; whereas, after a prorogation, bill introduced and nut passed are as if they had never been begun at all.
		Proroguing ] [F. proroger, L. prorogare, prorogatum; pro forward + rogare to ask, to ask one for his opinion or vote, or about a law.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1207/23692/4.html (230 words)

	Canada, House of Commons, Précis of Procedure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Parliament can be prorogued through a speech by the Governor General in the Senate Chamber, although this is merely a convention and not required by any Standing Order or statute.
		In recent years, Parliament has been prorogued while the House is adjourned by this method, with the date of the new session being fixed in the proclamation.
		Between a prorogation and the next session of the same Parliament, the House is said to be "in recess", although the word is often loosely used to refer to a long adjournment.
	www.parl.gc.ca /information/about/process/house/precis/chap17-e.htm (876 words)

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	Daily Nation On the Web
		Currently these powers are vested in the President, who calls, prorogues and dissolves Parliament.
		If the Constitution is amended to enable the House to control its calendar, as Mr Aringo proposed, it would mean that sections 58 and 59, which give the President powers to prorogue and dissolve Parliament, would be repealed.
		Section59 (1 and 2) gives the President powers to prorogue (terminate a session) and dissolve Parliament at any time.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/17022000/News/News45.html (674 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Council of Trent
		The French king and the pope met at Nice, and it was decided to prorogue until Easter, 1539.
		After further unsuccessful negotiations both with Charles V and Francis I the council was indefinitely prorogued at the consistory of 21 May, 1539, to reassemble at the pope's discretion.
		The number of members had, it is true, increased, and various ambassadors of Catholic rulers had arrived at Trent, but some princes continued to raise obstacles both as to the character of the council and the place of meeting.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15030c.htm (5851 words)

	EDMUND GIBSON - LoveToKnow Article on EDMUND GIBSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shortly after Thomas Tenisons elevation to the see of Canterbury in 1694 Gibson was appointed chaplain and librarian to the archbishop, and in 1703 and 1710 respectively he became rector of Lambeth and archdeacon of Surrey.
		In the discussions which arose during the reigns of William and Anne relative to the rights and privileges of the Convocation, Gibson took a very active part, and in a series of pamphlets warmly argued for the right of the archbishop to continue or prorogue even the lower house of that assembly.
		The controversy suggested to him the idea of those researches which resulted in the famous Codex juris ecclesiastici Anglicani, published in two volumes folio in 1713,a work which discusses more learnedly and comprehensively than any other the legal rights and duties of the English clergy, and the constitution, canons and articles of the English Church.
	70.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GI/GIBSON_EDMUND.htm (497 words)

	rediff.com: Opposition parties lash out at Kumaratunga
		They said it was a devious and unethical move to stifle the rights of the elected members and subvert democratic process.
		While United Nationalist Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe described the prorogation as "the first step towards dictatorship and a sidelining of the democratic framework," Sri Lankan Muslim Congress, which earlier supported the government, said the order was a "devious and unethical move to stifle the rights of MPs".
		The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, which is the third largest party in parliament with ten members, said by proroguing parliament, the president had shown her government's inability to face the no-confidence motion.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jul/12kumar.htm (374 words)

	Issues - 15th July 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Having disposed of that obstacle she was toying with the idea of proroguing Parliament before a vote of no confidence was taken when the opposition forced her hand by trying to commence a process of impeaching her.
		During the interregnum caused by proroguing Parliament Kumaratunga would strive through various means to transform the balance of Parliamentary forces in her favour.
		The opposition, while aware that proroguing parliament was a way out for the beleaguered government, did not expect it to come soon after 115 MPs signed a document calling upon the Speaker to hold a debate on the motion of no confidence beginning July 18.
	www.lanka.net /sundayleader/2001/Jul/15/issues.html (13580 words)

	Captain's Quarters: Comment on Martin To Plead Case On Television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Posted by Ben at April 20, 2005 04:49 PM If Martin can use this address to swing public support in his favour (isn't this address yet another use of government funds for partisan ends?), the best he can hope for is May 19 passing without a motion of non-confidence.
		Perhaps removing their power to prorogue (assuming that's not the sort of thing that happens in committee).
		Proroguing would have exactly the same result, without giving the voters the option of avoiding the exact same deadlock in the fall (assuming they reconvene - it was only a few years ago that the government of Alberta chose to skip its fall session entirely "to save money").
	www.captainsquartersblog.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=4336 (2510 words)

	The Hindu : Chandrika defends referendum
		Chandrika Kumaratunga, went over state television today to defend her decision to prorogue Parliament and simultaneously kicked off her campaign for the August 21 referendum by asking the people to give her a ``clear and unequivocal'' mandate to change the Constitution.
		Kumaratunga promised that once she had the required mandate, she would change the Constitution within a year, ``after necessary consultations with broad sections of society'', and called for the formation of a ``broad national alliance'' with her Government to achieve this.
		The main thrust of her address was the unfairness of the electoral system in the present Constitution that made it impossible for any party to establish ``a stable Government'', and the need to change it through a new Constitution.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/07/13/stories/03130006.htm (667 words)

	wcr:04/29/2002 -- Technology bill could die again
		Opposition parties in the House of Commons fear the current session of Parliament will prorogue in May or June and that long-promised legislation on assisted human reproductive technologies such as human cloning and embryonic stem cell research will die on the order paper for the second time.
		Rumours are rampant on Parliament Hill that the government intends to prorogue Parliament in May or June and begin a new one in October with a Speech from the Throne to be delivered by Queen Elizabeth during her visit to Canada.
		Canadian Alliance health critic Rob Merrifield and NDP health critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis say the time for debate on the controversial legislation to be introduced by May 10 may be too short to have a bill passed before parliament breaks.
	www.wcr.ab.ca /news/2002/0429/technologybill042902.shtml (533 words)

	rediff.com: Opposition moves to impeach Kumaratunga
		Sri Lankan opposition legislators on Monday defied police barricades and forced their way into the parliament complex where they vowed to impeach President Chandrika Kumaratunga for her decision to prorogue the House till September seven.
		After arbitrarily proroguing parliament to avoid a no-confidence motion backed by a majority of the MPs against the ruling People's Alliance government, and calling for a referendum on August 21 on whether the country needed a new constitution, this attempt to prevent them from entering the House was the last straw, the opposition said.
		Parliament would have to do it on its own, as the speaker had ruled that it was not within his powers to summon the House after being prorogued by the president.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jul/16lanka.htm (486 words)

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		The first defiinition in the OED is "to prolong, lengthen, extend (in time or duration)." In this sense to prorogue something means to extend its length.
		"The truce was eftsoones proroged for a few days." Or "Parliament prorogued his term of office five years." The definitions thus far stress that prorogue means to extend something that presently exists and may soon expire.
	www.willamette.edu /~blong/SpellersDiary/Prescind.html (763 words)

	tribuneindia... Haryana
		This was perhaps the first time that the Opposition MLAs of these two parties had joined hands to protest against the alleged high-handedness of the Bansi Lal Government in securing the suspension of nine MLAs of the Opposition "without any serious reason".
		In their memorandum, the legislators urged the Governor to prorogue the ongoing Budget session of the Vidhan Sabha and dismiss the HVP-BJP Government and call a fresh session to allow a new government by proving its majority on the floor of the House.
		They said if the House was prorogued before their notice was taken into consideration, it would lapse.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99feb04/haryana.htm (3029 words)

	Khuhro resents denial of debate -DAWN - National; 07 September, 2004
		The deputy speaker's decision to prorogue the session in a haste was reflective of that, he added.
		Addressing a news conference after the session on Monday, Mr Khuhro bitterly criticized the Deputy Speaker, Rahila Tiwana, for her decision and declared that his party would move another requisition on Tuesday for yet another session for discussing issues of vital interest of the province.
		Mr Khuhro said that proroguing the session on his substantive motion indicated that all partners in the Sindh coalition supported the illegal immigrants.
	www.dawn.com /2004/09/07/nat9.htm (272 words)

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		The integrity of the parliamentary process is called into question when Parliament is prorogued for expedient and partisan reasons.
		Furthermore, the decision to hold a non-binding referendum during this period is a cynical attempt to divert attention from the blatantly anti-democratic act of prorogation by executive fiat.
		Given the above and the inability of any one political formation at present to form a stable government on its own, we believe that a coalition of forces around a minimum programme of peace and democratic reform for an agreed period of time, is necessary for the country.
	www.cpalanka.org /psg/18_July_2001.doc (562 words)

	GN Online: Lankans fear major showdown in streets
		With imminent defeat facing her in Parliament by an opposition which on Monday produced proof they were in the majority, Kumaratunga took the only constitutional way out for her to buy time – to prorogue (suspend) Parliament by a maximum two months,for September 7.
		Meanwhile, opposition parties are closing their ranks as political sources said several cabinet ministers had questioned the legality of the move as the constitution prohibits any referendum to amend, alter or adopt a new statute by bypassing the national parliament.
		The question is going to be: "Are you in agreement with the proposal that the country needs a new Constitution which is a nationally important and essential requirement?".
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=22038 (478 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		President Chandrika Kumaratunga fired three ministers and suspended parliament on November 4, saying the Prime Minister had compromised security by conceding too much in the bid to make peace after 20 years of war with the Tigers.
		It had the effect of preventing business being transacted and was purely aimed at paralysing one arm of the government...,” speaker Joseph Michael Perera said in a statement to parliament.
		But despite the shouting match the statement provoked, the reopening was met with relief, with the stock market surging nearly six per cent, although the feud between Kumaratunga and the Prime Minister was far from resolved.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031120/asp/foreign/story_2591388.asp (317 words)

	Prorogation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A prorogation ends a session and both the Senate and the House of Commons stand prorogued until the opening of the next session.
		The Government may announce its intention to prorogue in advance.
		In recent years, it has been the practice to prorogue while the House is adjourned by means of a proclamation published in the Canada Gazette.
	www.parl.gc.ca /information/about/process/house/Procedural_fact_sheets/fs_prorogation-e.htm (469 words)

	FanFiction.Net : Dictionary & Thesaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again.
		Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close.
		The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die.
	www.fanfiction.net /dictionary.php?word=adjourn (289 words)

	Maple Leaf Blog: Jack Layton Will Decide the Liberals' Fate...(and maybe his own, too..)
		The real significance of the budget is all the other legislation that the government has 'attached' to it and which will also be passed into law unless the whole thing is defeated (the infamous non-confidence vote).
		If they also vote for the motion to adjourn (which is the procedural step needed to prorogue Parliament), they will be exposing themselves to intense criticism for allowing the Liberals to close down Parliament until the Fall (the so-called Summer Recess).
		If Layton is a man of his word, he will prevent the Liberals from escaping judgment and force them to keep Parliament in session by voting against the motion to adjourn (along with the rest of the opposition).
	mapleleafblog.blogspot.com /2005/05/jack-layton-will-decide-liberals.html (1352 words)

	Captain's Quarters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Otherwise, his televised plea for a second chance may instead be seen as a particularly pathetic chapter in one of the quickest political collapses in the recent history of North America.
		If Martin can use this address to swing public support in his favour (isn't this address yet another use of government funds for partisan ends?), the best he can hope for is May 19 passing without a motion of non-confidence.
		I understand that the word has historic constitutional significance, but prorogue looks to me like a description of some of the politicians involved.
	www.captainsquartersblog.com /mt/archives/004336.php (3332 words)

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