The majority of such Committee shall consist of members belonging to the class whose religion or religious rites and usages are affected by the measure ; but where the measure affects the religion or religious rites and usages of more than one class, the majority of the Committee shall consist of an equal number of members of each those classes. Such Committee may take such evidence as it deems necessary, and if the report of the Committee is against the measure, it shall not be proceeded with in Parliament for t. period of one year of the report.
