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You are here  Standing Orders and Rules of the National Assembly 1995

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  1. Adoption of Practice of House of Commons

  2. Interpretation

  3. Reading of President’s Proclamation

  4. Oath of Allegiance

  5. Language

  6. Seating of Members

  7. Election of Mr Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of Committees

  8. Presiding in the Assembly

  9. Sessions

  10. Sittings

  11. Adjournment – Definite Matter of Urgent Public Importance

  12. Quorum

  13. Strangers

  14. Duties of the Clerk

  15. Minutes

  16. Official Report

  17. Arrangement of Business

  18. Messages

  19. Papers

  20. Petitions

  21. Questions to Ministers

  22. Contents of Questions

  23. Private Notice Question

  24. Notice of Questions

  25. Manner of asking and answering questions

  26. Supplementary Questions

  27. Admissibility of Questions

  28. Personal Explanations

  29. Motions

  30. Notices of Motion

  31. Lapse of Motions

  32. Balloting of Motions

  33. Withdrawal of Motions

  34. Motion disposed of in current Session

  35. Amendments to Motions

  36. Method of dealing with Amendments

 

  1. Withdrawal of Amendments

  2. Seconding of Motions and Amendments

  3. Rules of Debate

  4. Contents of Speeches

  5. Points of Order

  6. Relevancy in Debate

  7. Dilatory Motions

  8. The Question

  9. Closure

  10. Anticipation

  11. Irrelevance or Repetition

  12. Disorderly conduct

  13. Suspension of Members

  14. Short Speeches

  15. Voting

  16. Introduction of Bills

  17. Reading of Bills

  18. Printing of Bills

  19. Appointment of Days for Stages of Bills

  20. Debate on Second Reading

  21. Committal of Bills

  22. Committee Stage of Bills

  23. Procedure in Committee of the whole Assembly on Bills

  24. Select Committee on Bills

  25. Reporting of Bills from Committee of whole Assembly

  26. Third Reading of Bills

  27. Withdrawal of Bills

  28. Assent to Bills

  29. Urgent Bills

  30. Private Bills.

  31. Committee of the whole Assembly

  32. Private Members' Day

  33. Sessional Select Committees

  1. Select Committees – General Provisions and Procedure

  2. Select Committees – Evidence

  3. Financial Resolutions

  4. Appropriation Bill

  5. Contempt of the Assembly

75.-79. Miscellaneous

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Last Updated on 2 October, 2008