26. (1) The Representative Assembly shall have the right to discuss the principles of a Bill and its general provisions, but the details of the Bill shall not be discussed further than is necessary to explain its principles, nor shall any amendment be moved other than an amendment of principle.
(2) When the principles of a Bill or its general provisions are opposed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the Representative Assembly, the Bill shall not be introduced in the Legislative Council; if any amendment of principle is carried by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the Representative Assembly, the Bill shall not be introduced in the Legislative Council without embodying therein such amendment:
Provided that the Government may introduce any such Bill in the Legislative Council with or without such modifications, if the Government considers it necessary to do so in the public interest, after appending to the Bill a statement giving reasons for such introduction.