Section 26
Business not disposed of
of State Legislative Assembly Standing Orders
(1)
At any time before the conclusion of the consideration of any item of business any Member may move “That the debate be now adjourned” or in Committee
“That the Chairman do report progress and ask leave to sit again”, and if such motion is agreed to the debate shall be adjourned or the Assembly shall resume, as the case may be. The Speaker shall call upon the Member in charge of that item of business to name a later sitting day for its resumption and the item shall thereupon become an order of the day for the day so named.
(2)
Debate under provisions of paragraph (1) of this Standing Order small be confined to the matter of such motion; and a Member who has made such a motion shall not be entitled t move any similar motion during the same debate.
(3)
If the Speaker or the chairman shall be of the opinion that a motion made under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Standing Order is an abuse of the rules of the Assembly, he may forthwith put the question thereupon from the Chair or he may decline to propose a question thereupon to the Assembly or the Committee.
(4)
In the case of an order of the day, if a motion under the provision of paragraph
(1)
of this Standing Order has been agreed to and no day for the resumption of the debate is named by the Member in charge when called upon by the Speaker to do so, the order shall become a dropped order, shall be removed from the
Order Book, and shall not be replaced in the Order Book except upon a motion which may be made after two clear day’s notice before the commencement of public business and shall be decided without amendment of debate. Upon the motion being agreed, the order shall be replaced in the Order Book and shall be considered on such sitting day as the Member in charge shall name.
(5)
In the case of the notice of motion, if a motion under the provisions of paragraph
(1)
of this Standing Order has been agreed to and no day for the resumption of the debate is named by the Member in charge when called upon by the Speaker to do so, a new notice shall be required to bring that motion again before the
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Assembly and the provisions of Standing Order No. 31 (Manner of giving
Notices) shall apply to any such new notices.
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