standing rules and orders of the legislative assembly of dominica

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STANDING

EULES AND ORDERS

OF THE

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

OF

DOMINICA.

BOSEAU, DOMINICA;

Printed at The Dominican Office, by A. T. Rmhton.

1892.

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STA2TDIXG

RULES AND ORDERS

OF THE

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

OF

DOMINICA.

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1. The Legislative Assembly shall meet every day during the Session, unless at the time of ad¬

journment the Assembly shall otherwise determine.

2. As soon as a sufficient number of Members to form a House shall have assembled, the Chair shall be taken, and the Clerk shall enter in the Minutes the names of the Members present at the time of assembling ; and in case any other Member shall take his seat subsequently, the Clerk shall enter the name pf such Member in the proper place of the Minutes.

3. After a House is formed it shall not be ad¬

journed except on the vote of the majority of the Members present.

4. The hour of meeting shall be one o'clock,

p.m., unless some other hour shall have been appoint¬ ed. In the eveut of a sufficient number of Members not attending within half an hour of the time appoint-



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ed for their meeting, the Assembly shall stand ad¬

journed to the following day and thereafter from day to day.

5. A Standing Committee shall be appointed composed of two Members on each side of the House who shall direct and provide for the entering in the

journal aud for the due publication of the Minutes of proceedings of the Assembly.

6. Before the Assembly proceeds to any other business, the Minutes of the last preceding meeting, as taken by the Clerk, shall be read, and shall consist of a detail of the proceedings.

7. If any Member shall be desirous of making any correction of the Minutes he shall propose such correction immediately after the Minutes are read, and such correction shall be forthwith admitted or

rejected by the Assembly.

8. All petitions shall be presented immediately after the confirmation of the Minutes, and all notices of future business shall be given at the end of the Orders of the Day.

9. A Book shall be kept by the Clerk, to be called " The Order of the Day Book," and in such

'book shall be inserted a notice of all original propo¬ sitions intended to be submitted to the Assembly, in the order of priority of time at which the same shall be given.

10 All propositions shall come on and be sub¬ mitted to the Assembly in the order in which the same shall have been inserted in the Order of the Day Books, unless the Assembly shall by specific vote determine to proceed to any particular item on the Order of the Day Book out of the regular order, and



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a motion for such vote may be made without notice, and shall take precedence of all other business.

11. All propositions shall be submitted to the

Assembly by way of motion, and every motion shall be reduced to writing and read to the Assembly. Any motion submitted to the Assembly by any Mem¬ ber must be seconded, and the name of the proposer and seconder entered on the Minutes ; and unless so seconded it shall be considered as lost, and a note thereof shall be entered in the Minutes.

12. Any Member shall be at liberty to propose the amendment of any proposition, provided that such amendment shall not be unconnected with the

general object and purpose of the original proposi¬ tion. If the amendment be objected to on the gcound that it is unconnected with the general object of the

original proposition, the objection shall be decided

by the Assembly previously to the question on the amendment.

13. Every Bill shall be read three times previ¬ ously to its being passed.

14. No Bill shall be advanced more than one

stage at each sitting.

15. If the question for the second reading of the Bill shall pass in the affirmative the Bill shall be re¬ ferred to a Committee of the whole Assembly, and shail be read therein clause by clause, and any amend¬ ment thereon proposed and decided on; and after

having passed the Committee the Bill shall on mo¬ tion to that effect be engrossed and shall stand for a third reading. o'

16. If the question for the third reading of a Bill shall pass in the affirmative, a motion may be

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immediately made that the Bill do pass, and if such

question be carried the Bill shall be submitted to the Governor for his approbation.

17. The Assembly may, upon the motion of any Member, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole

Assembly for the consideration of any matter which

may be referred to such Committee; and of all Com¬ mittees of the whole Assembly the Chairman of the Assembly shall be Chairman.

18. In speaking to any proposition under consi¬ deration of the Assembly the following Rules are to be strictly observed :—Every Member is to address his observations to the Chairman, and he is to speak standing. He is not to be interrupted unless out of order. When he has fin'shed his observations he will resume his seat, and any other Member wishing to address the Assembly will rise. If two Members rise at the same time the Chairman will call on the Mem¬ ber who first catches his eye. Every Member must confine his observations to the subject under con¬ sideration. No member shall impute improper motives to any other member. All personalities are to be avoided. No Member shall speak more than once on any proposition before the Assembly, except in explanation, or to order, or when the As¬

sembly is in Committee. The first speaker on :iny question may, however, reply after all the other .Members present shall have had an opportunity of

making their observations, and before the motion is

put. Any Member of the Assembly deviating from the Rules may be immediately called to order by the

- Chairman, or by auy other Member of the Assembly ; and if any dispute arises as to whether the Member

is or is not in order, that question shall be decided

•by the Chairman.



19. Every proposition once submitted to the As¬

sembly shall bo disposed of oefore any other ques¬ tion is entertained ; but this Rule shall not extend to the exclusion of motions for amendment, or motions for adjourning the consideration of any subject, or for the adjournment of the Assembly, which may be made at any time, and which shall be

immediately decided upon.

20. When the debate upon a motion shall be concluded, the Assembly shall proceed to vote thereon, and the Clerk shall collect the votes by calling over the names of every Member present, and every Member shall upon his name being called over, give his vote in the distinct terms "

Aye" or "No;" and after having taken the votes, the Clerk shall declare the result, and note the same in the Minutes, distinguishing the name and the vote of each Member.

21. No Member shall vote upon any question in which he has a direct personal interest.

22. No communication to the Assembly, except communications made by the Governor shall be re¬ ceived unless addressed in the form of a petition or a memorial duly signed by the person petitioning; and every such petition or memorial must be pre¬ sented by some Member who shall be responsible that the same is framed in respectful terms.

23. On the presentation of any petition or memorial, the Member presenting the same may, without previous notice move that the same be ordered to lie on the table.

24. All papers laid before the Assembly shall be

deposited with the Clerk, who shall be responsible for the safe custody thereof; and all such papers



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shall be ready to be produced before the Assembly whenever the same may be required by any Mem¬ ber of the Assembly ; and such papers shall be at all times open to the inspection and perusal of any of the Members of the Assembly.

25. The Clerk shall copy all Bills and Acts, and

put the marginal notes thereto, and shall keep an index of the records of the Assembly.

26. No Member of the Assembly shall be permit¬ ted to appear at the bar thereof as Counsel in any matter deliberated by the Assembly where it would be his duty to act in a judicial capacity, and where in such case his constituents would be only in pafrt represented.

27. No motion or resolution tending to proeur'e a vote or grant of public money shall be entertained

by the Assembly unless previous notice shall have been given at a preceding meeting of the intentiou and object of such motion, such notice to be at least two days before motion made.

28. No Standing Rule of the Assembly shall be abrogated, altered, or suspended, unless on mo¬ tion made for that purpose a majority of Members do vote for such abrogation, alteration, or sus¬

pension.

29. The Standing Rules of the Assembly shall be signed by the Chairman, and shall be recorded

by the Clerk, be printed, and a copy thereof be delivered to each Member.

30. A copy of the Minutes when confirmed shall be sent by the Clerk to the Printer to the

Legislature for insertion in the Official Gazette,



81. The Clerk of the Assembly shall after each

meeting send notice to the Official Gazette of the

Presidency of the day to which the Assembly is ad¬

journed together with a list of the Orders of the Day.

32. The fees on private Bills to be paid before the second reading by the Member introducing such Bill shall be as follows:—to the Clerk, Two pounds ten shillings ; and to the Contractor for the Public

Printing, One pound ten shillings.

33. Members to represent the Presidency in the General Legislative Council of the Leeward Islands shall be elected by the Elective Members of the

Assembly by ballot.

34. All matters not provided for by these Rules and Orders shall be governed by the preetice of Parliament in such matters, as enunciated in

May's Parliamentary Practice, a copy of which shall

always be at the disposal of the House.

W. F. HAYNES-SMITH.

Dominica, 28th October, 1892.

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