Section 2

“Assembly” means the Legislative Assembly;

“authorised committee” means any committee duly authorised by the Standing Orders

or by a resolution of the Assembly to send for persons, papers and records;

“Clerk” means the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly and includes any person acting as such on the authority of the Speaker;

“committee” means a committee of the whole Assembly and any sessional, select or other committee of the Assembly;

“contempt” includes any breach of privilege of the Assembly and the commission of any offence mentioned in Part IV of this Enactment other than section 21 or 22;

“journals” means the votes and proceedings of the Assembly, the official reports or records thereof, and the minutes or records of the proceedings of any committee;

“member” means a member of the Assembly, and shall, where the context so admits, includes the Speaker;

“officer” means the Clerk and any Clerk-Assistant of the Assembly, the Serjeant-at-Arms and such other officers and persons as may be appointed to the staff of the

Assembly and any other officer or person acting within the precincts of the Assembly under the orders of the Speaker;

 see G.N.S. 112/64.

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“precincts of the Assembly” means the chamber in which the Assembly sits for the transaction of business, together with the offices, rooms, lobbies, galleries, courtyards, gardens and other places provided for the use or accommodation of members, officers or strangers, and any passages connecting such places, and any other places immediately contiguous thereto as may from time to time be designated by the

Speaker as precincts of the Assembly;

“Speaker” means the person appointed as such under the provisions of Clause (1) of

Article 15 of the Constitution;

“Standing Orders” means the Standing Orders of the Assembly for the time being in force;

“stranger” means any person who is not a member or an officer.