Section 27

An official report of all speeches made in the Chamber and debates on a Bill in

Select Committee which shall be as nearly as possible verbatim, shall be prepared in such form as the Speaker or in his absence the Deputy Speaker may direct.

A first copy of the report shall be sent to each Member as soon as practicable after the conclusion of each sitting. This first copy of the report shall be exclusively for the use of Members in relation to the business of the Assembly conducted in the Chamber or in the Select Committee as the case may be and subject thereto, shall not be for publication.

If no Member in writing addressed to the Clerk seeks to make any change in the report within three weeks from the time when the first copy of the report was despatched to each Member, the report shall be published without correction.

Any dispute as to the correctness of the report of any speech contained in the first copy of the report and any request for any material change in the report shall be referred to the Speaker or in his absence the Deputy Speaker who shall rule thereon and shall direct publication of the speech in accordance with his ruling which shall not be called in question.

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