Legal opinion on the interpretation of Article 70 (2) of the Standing Orders of the Sejm

The opinion deals with the interpretation of the provision which states that the Marshal (Speaker) of the Sejm may request the committee to express its attitude to the conclusions and remarks made by the legal services of the Chancellery of the Sejm, which have not been taken into consideration, and whether – in this context – it is possible to change the report adopted by the committee. The author argues that the provisions of the Standing Orders of the Sejm provide no grounds for claim that expressing by the committee of its attitude to the conclusions and remarks could take place by way of modification of the report already adopted by the committee. In this situation, it seems that it could only be admissible that the Deputy Rapporteur takes position at the sitting of the Sejm considering the bill or draft resolution in the second reading