Chapter XIX - PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENT OF THESE RULES
CHAPTER XIX
PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENT OF RULES.
233. Amendment of Rules (1) Unless the Speaker otherwise directs, not less than fifteen days; notice of a motion for leave to amend these rules shall be given and the notice shall be accompanied by the amendment proposed.
(2) The motion shall be included in the Orders of the Day, if the Assembly is in session, within seven days of the expiry of the notice given under sub-rule (I), or if the Assembly is not in session within seven days of the commencement of the next session, on such day as the Speaker may direct.
(3) When the motion is reached, the Speaker shall read the proposed amendment to the Assembly and ask whether the Member has the leave of the Assembly. If objection is taken, the Speaker shall call such of the Members as may be in favour of leave being granted to rise in their seats, and if at least five Members do not so rise, he shall declare that the Member has not the leave of the Assembly, or, if no objection is taken or such number so rise, the Speaker shall declare that the Member has the leave of the Assembly.
(4) (a) When a Member has the leave of the Assembly under sub-rule (3) , he may move that the proposed amendment be taken into consideration, to which any other Member may move as an amendment that the proposed amendment may’ be referred to the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges. If the motion for consideration is carried, the proposed amendment will be put to the Assembly immediately for decision.
(b) If the amendment to refer the proposed amendment to the Committee is carried, the matter shall be referred to the Committee.
(5) After the proposed amendment has been referred to the Committee, the procedure in regard to a Bill similarly committed shall be followed as far as may be, with such variation as the Speaker may consider necessary.
(6) When a rule or an amendment of a rule is passed by the Assembly, it shall come into force at once.