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On this day six months

Definition

Cross-government Parliament of Singapore

A parliamentary amendment replacing 'now' in a Bill's Second Reading motion; if carried, the Second Reading is defeated.

Context: The phrase is a procedural means of rejecting the Bill rather than scheduling its Second Reading six months later.

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