Section 17
Presentation of Papers
of State Legislative Assembly Standing Orders
(1)
A copy of every Paper which the Speaker or a Minister desires to or which a
Chairman or other Member deputed by a Select or other Committee of the
Assembly is required to present to the Assembly or which is required by law to be presented to or laid before the Assembly shall be sent to the Clerk. Every Paper, a copy of which is so received by the Clerk shall be considered to have been presented to the Assembly and ordered to lie upon the Table and, unless otherwise ordered, to be printed.
(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Standing Order, a paper may be presented by a Minister to the Assembly at the time appointed by
Standing Order No. 13 (Order of Business) by delivering a copy thereof to the
Clerk at the Table, and in so presenting the paper, the Minister may make an explanatory statement of its contents. No opinion shall be expressed and no debate shall take place. A paper so presented shall be considered to have been ordered to lie upon the Table and unless otherwise ordered, to be printed.
(3)
If it is desired to withdraw a Paper which has been presented, a request in writing signed by the Member or other person by whom the Paper was presented shall be sent to the Clerk and thereupon the order that the Paper do lie upon the Table shall be considered to have been discharged and the Paper withdrawn.
(4)
Every paper presented to the Assembly or withdrawn shall be recorded as so presented or withdrawn with the date of such presentation or withdrawal in the
Votes and Proceedings of the day on which it is presented or withdrawn or, if the
Assembly is not then sitting of the next sitting day following its presentation or withdrawal on which the Assembly sits.
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