The first day of this year's third parliament session ended with PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's controversial 'hudud' motion still out of reach.

Parliamentary debates ended midway through the second reading of the Advocates Ordinance (Sabah) (Amendments) Bill, which was second on the order paper, and would continue tomorrow.

Hadi's motion to table a private member's bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act was fourth on the order paper.

This reduced the chances of Hadi's motion being debated in the coming days, as it could be pushed back further down the order paper by other government bills and motions.