11.It is case that the combined effect of Article 289(1) and Plaintiff’s 297(c), the implied powers doctrine and the predicate-act canon of interpretation is that power to amend the Constitution Parliament’s includesany and all the incidental powers necessary for the accomplishment of the express power so conferred, including but not limited to the power to initiate amendment bills, hold hearings in committee, pass legislation to guide any review or reform of the Constitution or to deploy such other methods or processes as Parliament may deem necessary that are not inconsistent with the Constitution… Plaintiff further submits that power to propose 13… Parliament’s amendment bills to the Constitution is plenary. A plenary power or plenary authority is the separate identification, definition, and complete vesting of a power or powers or authority in a governing body or individual, to choose to act (or not to act) on a particular subject matter or power to propose constitutional amendment bills area.Parliament’s under Article 289(1) is plenary and exclusive in that the Article separately identifies, defines and completely vests the amendment power in Parliament and only Parliament…. 14.It is a well established constitutional principle that of “the assignment a plenary power to one body from the right to divests all other bodies exercise that power, and where not otherwise entitled; also, the right to
11.It is Plaintiff’s case that the combined effect of Article 289(1) and 297(c), the implied powers doctrine and the predicate-act canon of interpretation is that Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution includesany and all the incidental powers necessary for the accomplishment of the express power so conferred, including but not limited to the power to initiate amendment bills, hold hearings in committee, pass legislation to guide any review or reform of the Constitution or to deploy such other methods or processes as Parliament may deem necessary that are not inconsistent with the Constitution… 13… Plaintiff further submits that Parliament’s power to propose amendment bills to the Constitution is plenary. A plenary power or plenary authority is the separate identification, definition, and complete vesting of a power or powers or authority in a governing body or individual, to choose to act (or not to act) on a particular subject matter or area.Parliament’s power to propose constitutional amendment bills under Article 289(1) is plenary and exclusive in that the Article separately identifies, defines and completely vests the amendment power in Parliament and only Parliament…. 14.It is a well established constitutional principle that “the assignment of a plenary power to one body divests all other bodies from the right to exercise that power, and where not otherwise entitled; also, the right to
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