Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 25 October 1939.
In this Act references to an offer to sell goods shall be construed as including a reference to a notification by a person of the price proposed by him for a sale of goods, made by the publication of a price list, by exposing the goods for sale in association with a mark indicating price, by the furnishing of a quotation, or otherwise howsoever, and the reference in Section ten of this Act to an offer to enter into a transaction shall be construed similarly as including a reference to a notification of the consideration proposed for the transaction.—[The Attorney-General.]
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
