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valid and this amended Clause does what he suggests, what is the need to amend Clause 12? What is the need to vary the terms on which the power company may withhold its consent? Surely that argument cuts both ways. If the new Clause deals with the matter, there is no reason to amend the Clause which he seeks to amend?
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
