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42 consent of the assembly, or modified except by the regular process of amendment.

If any one objects to the withdrawal of the motion, it must either go before the assembly to be voted on, or a motion may be made granting leave to withdraw it. The motion granting leave to withdraw cannot be debated or amended. When a motion has been withdrawn the effect is the same as if it had not been moved.  

38. Sometimes it is found advisable to renew a motion, resolution, or amendment, which has been withdrawn to make room for other business, to prevent defeat, or for other reasons.

A question that has been acted upon and either adopted or rejected, cannot be renewed at that session except by a motion to reconsider (135).

A motion which has been withdrawn (37) has not been acted upon. Therefore, it may be renewed.