(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the making of a Proclamation referred to in paragraph 40(b) or subsection 48C(1), cause a copy of the Proclamation to be laid before each House of the Parliament.
(2) Either House of the Parliament, within 15 sitting days of that House after a copy of a Proclamation has been laid before that House under subsection (1), may, in pursuance of a motion upon notice, pass a resolution disapproving of the declaration in the Proclamation.
(3) Where:
(a) a notice referred to in subsection (2) is given with respect to a Proclamation; and
(b) at the expiration of the period during which a resolution disapproving of the declaration in the Proclamation could have been passed:
(i) the notice has not been withdrawn and the relevant motion has not been called on; or
(ii) the relevant motion has been called on, moved and seconded and has not been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of;
the declaration in the Proclamation shall be deemed to have been disapproved of.
(4) If:
(a) neither House of the Parliament passes a resolution in accordance with subsection (2) disapproving of the declaration in a Proclamation; and
(b) the declaration in the Proclamation has not been deemed to have been disapproved of under subsection (3);
the Proclamation takes effect on the day immediately following the last day upon which a resolution disapproving of the declaration in the Proclamation could have been passed.
(5) If, before the expiration of 15 sitting days of a House of the Parliament after a copy of a Proclamation referred to in subsection (1) has been laid before that House:
(a) the House of Representatives is dissolved or expires, or the Parliament is prorogued; and
(b) a resolution for the disapproval of the declaration in the Proclamation has not been passed by the first - mentioned House;
the copy of the Proclamation shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have been laid before that first - mentioned House on the first sitting day of that first - mentioned House after the dissolution, expiry or prorogation, as the case may be.