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Section 69

Committee of the whole Assembly on a Bill

of State Legislative Assembly Standing Orders

State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 70 of 106
Section 69

(1)

Whenever the Assembly resolves that it will immediately resolve itself into a

Committee on a Bill, or whenever an order of the day is read for the Assembly to resolve itself into such a Committee, the Speaker shall take the Chair in

Committee, unless notice of an instruction to such Committee has been given, when such instruction shall be first disposed of.

(2)

If any Member before the conclusion of proceedings on a Bill in a Committee of the whole Assembly, moves to report progress and such motion is carried, the

Chairman shall leave the Chair and the Assembly shall resume and the Member in charge of the Bill shall report progress to the Assembly and ask leave to sit again, and a future sitting day for the resumption of the proceedings shall be named by the Member in charge of the Bill.