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STAIDII& ETJIES AID OEDERT^"

PASSED BY THE

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SAINT LUCIA

FOE THE DESPATCH OF BUSINESS

Under the authority of Clause jj of the Royal Instructions.-

J. B. CROPPER,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

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STANDING RULES AND ORDERS FOR THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

ANALYSIS.

PRELIM IN A ST.

1. Time and place of meeting. 2. Summons of Members to meetings. 3. Quorum for business. 4. Qui ling- Council Chamber. v 5 Adj lumments. '6. Adjournment for want of quorum. 7. Notice of definite adjournments. 8 Questions to be decided by vote. Governor's vote. 9. Hecordin^ of votes.

10. Morions to be seconded, J.1. Notice of motions. 1.2. Votes of money. 13. Government motions how submitted- 14. Q'iesfc ons how to be proposed. 15. Members to address the Governor standing. 16. Members not to speak twice in same debate. 17. Written speeches may not bo read,

ORDINANCES. S 18. Introduction of Ordinances. 19. Qmstion of leave may be debated, first reading. 20. Printed copies of Ordinances to be furnished. 21. Reading in Committee or second reading. 22. Amendments in Committee. 23. Third reading. 24. When Bill thrown out. 25. How read a third time, 26. Suspention ot Standing Ordeis. 27. Questions affecting lievenuo introduced by order of Go'ieraor

only. 28. Piivate Ordinances 29. Fee to Cloik on private Oidinancei,



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PETITIONS.

30. Petitions how presented. 31. Pttitions to be sent in beforehand. 32. Petitions presented by Members. 33. Petitions must be properly worded.

34. 35 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Protests against measures. Confirmation of Minutes. Minutes to be printed in Gazette. ' Adjournment of business before Council. Motions, for Adjournment already negative cannot be repeated. Procedings in Council public. Interpretation. Commencement—Repeal.

APPENDIX.

Clauses of Royal Instructions referred to in the foregoing Rules.



STANDING KULES AND ORDEES

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FOR THE

Eegislattbe (tounzil.

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.

l.FThe Legislative Council shall meet at the Timeanflpiaco "Council Chamber for the despatch of business at such of meetins- times as shall be fixed by the Governor:

Provided that in the event of the Council Cham¬ ber being unavailable for any meeting, such meeting shall be held at such other place as may be appointed by the Governor for that purpose.

2. Members of the Council shall be summoned to summons of attend by notice in writing at least seven clear days Members to meet-

«/ *—' %/ lugs. before the day appointed for the meeting. An Agenda paper containing the business to be brought before the Council shall accompany the summons.

Provided that in cases of urgent necessity the Council may be called together without such notice.

3. The Governor and three other Members shall Quorum for form a quorum.

business.

4. No member shall quit the Council during a Quitting Conn- sitting without the leave of the Governor. oil chamber.

5. The Governor may adjourn the Council either Adjournments. sine die or to some fixed day. But such adjournment shall not prevent his summoning a meeting for any -other day.



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Adjournment 6. If on any day appointed for a meeting there for want of shall not be a quorum present, the Governor may quorum. x x ->

adjourn.

Notice of de. 7. Notice in writing of all adjournments to a fixed

mnent».a<^0nrQ" date shall be sent as soon as possible to all absent members.

Note.—With regard to Members absenting themselves see sections 26 and 27 of the Soyal Instructions printed at the end of these liules.

Questions to 8. All questions proposed ^for debate shall be de- te uecided by cided by the majority of votes, and the Governor shall Governor's vote have an original vote in common with the other mem¬

bers, and also a casting vote when the votes shall be

equal.

Recording of 9. The Clerk shall record in the minutes the vote T°tes- of each member for and against the question, beginning

with the junior unofficial member present and proceeding upwards by seniority to the official members and to the Governor, and shall also, if the votes are equal, record the casting vote of the Governor.

Motions to "be 10. Every motion made whether on the part of the seconded. Government or by an official or unofficial member, shall

be seconded, otherwise the same shall not be put to the Council.

Notice of mo- H» No motion shall be made or question proposed 'iioria- without notice thereof given at a previous meeting,

except in special cases by leave of the Governor, who may al&o, at any time, require that the motion or questios shall be put into writing.

Votes of money. 12. No vote for money shall be passed until at least seven days after notice of motion for its introduc¬ tion has been given.

submitted.

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Government 13. All motions to be made on the part of the motions, how Government shall be submitted by direction of the %.'r>

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14. It shall be competent for any member to Qn«tions, how propose any matter, subject to rule 27, for debate, t0 bu proposed. and such matter, if seconded, shall be debated and

disposed of.

15. When speaking, members shall stand in their Members to places and address the Governor. add-ess i he Gov- -* ernor, btandmg.

16. No member shall speak twice on the same Member not subject in the same debate, except the member origin-

t0 speak twice in.

ating the subject, who shall have the right of a final sam°

reply on the closing of the debate, and except in Com¬ mittee, and then only by way of explanation with the permission of the Governor.

17. Written speeches or addresses to the Council written speeches shall not be allowed, but a member may read extracts may "ot be read-

from written or printed papers in support of his

argument.

ORDINANCES.

18. No Ordinance shall be introduced until leave introduction shall have been applied for and granted. No notice of of ordinances. intention to apply for leave need be given ; but on the

application for leave the introducer of the Ordinance shall explain its objects.

19. The question of leave may be debated, and if Question of leave be granted, the Ordinance may be introduced and 'edma?

be de"

read a first time pro forma. First reading. 20. Printed copies of all draft Ordinances shall be Piinted coPie»

furnished to members, before being read a first time. °f Ordinances to ' ° beinimshed. 21. At a subsequent meeting, if the motion for Reading in " " Committee or

second reading. the second reading and committal of the Oidinance be CommlUee or

carried, the Ordinance shall be read a second time and discussed in Committee clause by clause, takiLg the clauses in order, and afterwards the schedules, the

preamble, and lastly the title.

22. In Committee any member may move an Amendment* amendment to any part of an Ordinance, but not to the in committ...



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Ordinance as a whole, and, if a division be necessary, the votes for and against shall be taken down and the amendment decided accordingly.

Third reading. 23. After the Ordinance has passed through Com¬ mittee and the Council has resumed, it may thereupon be moved that the Ordinance be read a third time and

passed.

When Bill thrown out.

24. If the motion for going into Committee or for the third reading and passing of an Ordinance be not carried, the Ordinance is thrown out.

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Snspension of standing orders.

25. When an Ordinance is ordered to be read a third time and passed the Clerk shall read the title of the Ordinance when the Ordinance shall be considered as read and passed.

26. Any Governor, move be suspended inance n be brough

mber may, the Standin

such motion read three

into law, oKavote for mcWy may be

passed at ontr sitting of theN^puncil.

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Questions af- 27. No Ordinance, vote, or resolution, the object fecting Revenue or effect of which may be to raise, grant, or appro- mtrci_nced bv t pi xr order of Governor pnate money or to dispose of or charge any part only- of the Revenues of the Colony, shall be introduced

except by order or sane ion of the Governor.

Private Ordin. 28. No Ordinance which may affect the interests au6es. of private persons shall be passed until after due notice

of the same be given to all persons concerned therein, in such manner as the Governor may direct.

Fee to cierk 29. The Clerk of the Council shall be entitled to private Or- a fee 0f Twenty shillings to be paid prior to the intro¬

duction of any Ordinance which may affect the interests

of'private persons.

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STANDING RULES passed by the Legislative Cmncil of Saint Lucia for the despatch of business under the authority of Clause 35 of the

Royal Instructions of 17th March, 1885.

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1. Rule 26 of the Standing Rules passed by the Legislative Council on the 20th January, 1888, is hereby repealed, and the following Rule substituted therefor :—

Any member may move that the Standing Rules and Orders of the Council be suspended, when, if such motion be carried, an Ordinance may be brought in. read three times and passed into law. or a vote for money may be introduced and passed at one sitting of the Council.

2. The above Rule shall come into force on its publication in the Gazette.

Patsed the Legislative Council this 18th day of June, 1900.

E. EVELYN,

Clerk of Councils.



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PETITIONS.

30. Petitions addressed to the Council may be sent Petitions how io the Clerk of the Council or may be presented by any Pre8euted-

member of the Council.

31. Petitions sent to the Clerk must reach him Petitions to be two clear days before the next meeting, and will be se,lt in bcfore-

laid before the Council by the Governor.- hand.

32. A duplicate copy of any petition to be pre- Petitions pre. sented by a member must be lodged with the Clerk, for £^d

by Mem"

the information of the Governor, at least two clear days before the meeting at which such petition is to be

presented.

Petitions must 33. No petition shall be allowed to be laid before the Council which is not properly or respectfully keord^d°t,c'ri? worded. The Governor shall be the sole judge as to whether a petition comes under this prohibition.-

MISCELLANEOUS.1

34. Any member may record his protest in writing Protests against

against any measure finally adopted by the Council, measure-

either at the meeting at which such measure shall have been adopted, or at the first thereafter.

meeting next

35. The minutes of each meeting of Council shall confirmation be read, amended if necessary, and confirmed before ot Minutes.

proceeding to business at the next meeting.

36. The minutes shall be printed in the Gazette. Minutes to b»

Papers laid on the table, and not read, shall not be i"'intt'li,n Gaz°u*

printed unless specially ordered. The Governor shall decide what papers read in Council shall form part of the printed minutes.



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Adjournment 37. The Governor shall have power to adjourn Councilessbef°re ^e kusuiess before the Council whenever he may think

fit, even though a member may ba speaking at the time. When the Council is adjourned before the business in the orders of the day is disposed of, the

remaining business shall be resumed at the next meet¬

ing before all other business.

Motions for 38. If in the course of a debate, a motion that Adjonmment at- ^ne Council or the debate be adjourned, be put and

cannot^fre'peai- negatived, the same motion cannot be repeated in the ^ course of that debate.

Proceedings in 39. Unless otherwise ordered by the Governor, council public. ^e meetings of the Legislative Council shall be open

to the Public.

Definition of 40. In these Rules and Orders the word " Governor"'

ernorT"1 "GoT" shall be taken to mean and include the President or

member presiding at any meeting of the Council, except that in Rules 1 and 27 the word "Governor" shall mean only the Officer Administering the Government.

Operation. 41. These Rules shall come into force on their

publication in the Gazette, all existing Rules being thereupon cancelled.

Passed the Legislative Council the 25th day of January, 1888.

J. B. CROPPER, Acting Clerk of Councils.

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Published in Gazette, 21th January, 1888.



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APPENDIX.

Clauses of Royal Instructions referred to in the

foregoing Rules.

Clause XXVI. If any Member of the said Legislative Councils, when duly summoned to attend, absents himself, without sufficient cause, and persists in such absence after being thereof admonished by the Governor, the Governor is to suspend such Member until Our pleasure therein be known, giving immediate notice thereof to Us, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State. This, Our Instruction, is to be signified to the several Members of the said Legislative Councils, and entered in the Council books as a standing rule.

Clause XXVII. If any Member of any of the said Legislative Councils be absent frum the Island for the space of six calendar months, without the leaye of the Governor first obtained, or shall remain absent from the Island for the apace of one year continuously without Our leave first obtained through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, his place in the said Council shall thereupon become vacant.

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