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12/08/23 07:43 AM IST

MONSOON SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS SINE DIE

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  • The Monsoon Session, 2023 of Parliament which commenced on 20th of July, 2023 has been adjourned sine die.
  • During the Session 20 Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha and 5 Bills were introduced in Rajya Sabha.
  • 22 Bills were passed by Lok Sabha and 25 Bills were passed by Rajya Sabha.
Sine Die
  • Adjournment sine die means terminating a sitting of Parliament for an indefinite period, that is, when the House is adjourned without naming a day for reassembly, it is called adjournment sine die.
  • The power of adjournment sine die lies with the presiding officer of the House.
  • However, the presiding officer of a House can call a sitting of the House before the date or time to which it has been adjourned or at any time after the House has been adjourned sine die.
Adjournment
  • An adjournment results in the suspension of work in a sitting for a specified time, which may be hours, days or weeks.
  • In this case, the time of reassembly is specified as an adjournment only terminates a sitting and not a session of the House.
  • The power of adjournment lies with the presiding officer of the House.
Major Bills passed 
  • The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to make the process of sanctioning of films for exhibition more effective and in tune with the changed times by including enabling provisions in the Act to check film piracy, introduce age-based categories of certification and remove redundant provisions in the existing Act.
  • The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Third Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks for inclusion of Hattee community of Trans Giri area of Sirmour district in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Himachal Pradesh.
  • The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks for inclusion of Bhuinya, Bhuiyan, and Bhuyan communities as synonyms of the Bharia Bhumia community. It also includes three Devanagari versions of the name of the Pando community in Chhattisgarh.
  • The Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks (i) to strengthen governance, enhancing transparency, increasing accountability reforming electoral process etc.in the Multi-State Cooperative Societies by supplementing existing legislation and incorporating the provisions of Ninety Seventh Constitutional Amendment. (ii) to improve monitoring mechanism and ensuring Ease of Doing Business for Multi-State Cooperative Societies.
Source- PIB

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