- Short Title
- Commencement
- Definitions
CHAPTER II – SUMMONS TO MEMBERS AND SEATING ARRANGEMENT
- Summoning of the Assembly
- Oath or Affirmation
- Seating of Members
- Contravention of the provisions of Article 193
CHAPTER III – ELECTION OF SPEAKER, DEPUTY SPEAKER AND NOMINATION OF PANEL OF PRESIDING MEMBERS
- Election of Speaker
- Election of Deputy Speaker
- Panel of Presiding Members
- Election of Chairman in the absence of Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Panel of Presiding Members
- Powers of Deputy Speaker and Presiding Member
- Delegation of Powers by Speaker
CHAPTER IV – SITTINGS OF ASSEMBLY
- Meetings of the Assembly
14-A. Sittings of the Assembly
- Hours of Sitting
- Quorum
- Adjournment of sittings
- The effect of Prorogation
CHAPTER V – GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS AND MESSAGE TO ASSEMBLY
- Address by the Governor to the Two Houses of Legislature and its discussion in the Assembly
- Governor’s Address under Article 175 (1)
- Message of Governor under Article 175 (2)
CHAPTER VI – ARRANGEMENT OF BUSINESS
- Information about the business to be taken up in the House
22-A. List of business
- Allotment of time for Private Member’s business
- Arrangement of government business
- Private Member’s business outstanding at the end of the day
CHAPTER VII – QUESTIONS
- Subject-Matter of Questions
- Classification of Questions
- Form and Contents of Questions
- Short Notice Questions
- Notice of starred and unstarred Questions
- Time for Questions
- Copies of written answers to be made available to the member concerned and disposal of Question-Answers in the House
- Limitation of number of Questions
- Allotment of Days for Oral Answers to Question
- Postponement of Question due to absence of Minister
- Mode of asking Questions
- Mode of giving Notice of Questions
- Manner of answering Questions
- Questions of Absent Members
- Withdrawal or Postponement of Questions
- Written Answers to Questions not replied Orally
- Supplementary Questions
- Questions to the Speaker
- Questions to Private Members
- Speaker to decide Admissibility of Questions
- Power of the Speaker to change Class of a Question
- List of Questions for the Day
- Questions and Answers to be entered in Proceedings of the Assembly
- Discussion on maters arising out of Questions and Answers
- Prohibition of Publicity of Questions and Answers in Advance
CHAPTER VIII – CALLING ATTENTION TO MATTERS OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- Calling Attention to Matters of Urgent Public Importance
CHAPTER IX – DISCUSSION ON MATTERS OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- Notice for raising discussion
- Speaker to decide Admissibility
- No Formal Motion
- Time limit for Speeches
CHAPTER X - MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT ON A MATTER OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- Method Of giving Notice
- Speaker’s consent necessary to make Motion
- Restrictions on Right to make Motion
- Motion for discussion on matters before Tribunals, Commissions, etc.
- Mode of asking for leave to Move Adjournment Motion
- Time for taking up Motion
- Limitation of Time of Discussion
CHAPTER XI – QUESTIONS INVOLVING BREACH OF PRIVILEGES AND CONTEMPTS
- Raising question of breach of privileges or contempt
- Complaint by Member
- Conditions for the Admissibility of a question of Privilege
- Presentation of Complaint
- Consideration of question of breach of privilege or contempt by the House
- Disposal of a Complaint before the House
- Motion after presentation of the Report
- Substantive Motion
- Opportunity to Person Charged
- Summoning the Party Charged
- Punishment
- Groundless Complaint
- Execution of Order of the House
- Bravity of Debate
- Regulation of Procedure
- Power of Speaker to refer Question of Privilege or contempt to Committee
- Procedure on Question of Breach of Privilege or contempt of a House - by a Member, Officer or Servant of another house
Intimation to Speaker of Arrest, Detention etc., and Release of a Member
- Intimation to Speaker by Magistrate of Arrest, detention etc. of a member
- Intimation to Speaker on release of a member
- Treatment of communications received from Magistrate
Procedure regarding service of legal process and arrest within the precincts of the House
- Arrest with in the precincts of the House
- Service of legal process
CHAPTER XII – RESOLUTION
- Notice of Resolution by Private Members
- Notice of resolution by Government
- Subject matter of Resolution
- Form of Resolution
- Condition of Admissibility of Resolutions
- Raising Discussion of Matters before Tribunals or other Statutory Authorities
- Admissibility of Resolutions
- Sending of a copy of a private members' resolution to Government
- Moving and withdrawal of Resolutions
- Amendments
- Notice of Amendments
- Duration of Speeches
- Withdrawal of Resolution
- Resolution not Discussed
- Splitting of Resolution
- Repetition of Resolution
- Copy of Resolution passed to be sent to Minister
- Precedence of Private Member's Resolution
CHAPTER XIII - MOTIONS
- Discussion on a matter of Public Interest by Motion
- Notice of a motion
- Conditions of Admissibility of a Motion
- Speaker to decide Admissibility of a Motion
- Motion for raising discussion on matters before tribunals Commissions, etc.
- Allotment of time and discussion of motions
- Time limit for speeches
- Motions without Notice
- Repetition of motions
- Motion for postponement of business
- Closure
CHAPTER XIV – LEGISLATION
(A) Introduction and Publication of Bills
- Speaker’s power of publication of Bill before introduction
- Notice of Motion for Leave to Introduce a Bill by a Private Member
- Introduction of Bill dependent on another Bill pending before the House
- Notice of an Identical Bill
- Financial Memorandum to Bills and Money Clauses in Bills
- Explanatory Memorandum to Bills delegating legislative power
- Statement in connection with Ordinances
- Precedence of Private Member’s Bills
- Copy of Private Member’s Bill to Minister
- Motion for leave to introduce
- Introduction of a Bill
- Power to ask for Papers connected with a Bill
- Publication of Bills
- Copy of Bill to the Governor and the President
(B) Motions after Introduction
- Motions after introduction
- Discussion on principles of Bills
- Motion to constitute Select Committee
- Persons by whom motions in respect of Bills may be made
(C) Procedure after presentation of Report of a Select Committee
- Motion that may be moved after presentation of Report of Select/Joint Select Committee
- Scope of Debate
(D) Joint Select Committee
- Motion for Joint Select Committee
- Motion by the Council for reference to Joint Select Committee
(E) Amendments to clauses, etc. and considerations of Bills
- Submission of Bill clause by clause
- Postponement of Clause
- Consideration of Schedule
- Notice of Amendments
- Conditions of Admissibility of Amendments
- Sanction of the President or recommendation of the Governor to be annexed to notice of Amendment
- Order of Amendment
- Withdrawal of Amendment
- Clause one, Preamble and Title of the Bill
(F) Passing and authentication of Bills
- Passing of a Bill
- Scope of Debate
- Formal amendment to Bills
- Transmission of Bills to the Council
(G) Procedure on Return of Bills other than Money Bills from the Council
- Message from Council in respect of Bills passed without amendment
- Return of Bills from the Council
- Procedure for consideration of Amendment
- Procedure on consideration of Amendment
(H) Money Bills
- Recommendation of Council on Money Bills
- Considerations of recommendations made by the Council
- Procedure for consideration of Amendments as recommended by the Council
- Disagreement between the Houses
- Communication of Assembly Decision to Council
(I) General
- Power of speaker to bring the year of the Bill in conformity with the year of assent
- Assent to Bill
- Note of verbal amendments
(J) Procedure regarding Bills Introduced in the Council
- Bills which have been passed by the Council
- Notice to move for consideration of Bill
- Motion for consideration
- Discussion
- Reference to select Committee
- Consideration and passing of Bills
- Bills passed without Amendments
- Bills passed with Amendments
(K) Reconsideration of Bills returned under Articles 200 and 201 of the Constitution
- Message of the Governor
169-A. Notice to move for consideration of the amendments
169-B. Motion for re-consideration
169-C. Scope of Debate
169-D. Consideration of the Amendments
169-E. Passing of Bill again
169-F. Disagreement of the Assembly with the message
169-G. Reconsideration of Bills returned with message under proviso of Article 201
(KK) Authentication of Bills passed again by the Assembly
169-H. Authentication of Bills passed again by the Assembly
(L) Postponement and withdrawal of Bills and Dropped Bills
- Adjournment of Debate on a Bill
- Withdrawal of Bill
- Explanatory Statement by Member who moves or oppose motion for withdrawal of Bill
- Removal of Bills from the Register of Bills
- Special provisions for Removal of a Private Member’s Bill from the Register of Bills
- Dropped Bills
(M) Statutory Regulations, rules etc, laid before the House
- Laying of regulation, rule, etc. on the Table of the House
- Allotment of time for discussion of Amendment
- Transmission of Amendment to Council
- Amendment returned by Council
- Disagreement between Houses
- Information to the House
(N) Procedure for Ratification of Amendment to the Constitution
- Ratification of amendment to the Constitution
CHAPTER XV – PROCEDURE IN FINANCIAL MATTERS
(A) Budget
- Budget and its Presentation
- Discussion on Budget
- Demands for Grants
- Stages of Budget Debate
- General Discussion on Budget
- Voting on Demands
- Cut Motion
- Conditions of admissibility of Cut Motions
- Notice of a Cut Motion
- Votes on Credit and Exceptional Grants
- Vote on Account
- Supplementary or Additional Grants or Grants for Excess Expenditure
- Scope of Discussion on Supplementary Grants
- Token Grant
(B) Appropriation Bill
- Appropriation Bill
- Time limit for Disposal of Financial Business
- Publication of Appropriation and Finance Accounts and Audit Reports
CHAPTER XVI – PROCEDURE FOR COMMITTEES
(A) General
- Appointment of Committee of the House
200-A. Objection to membership of a committee
- Chairman of the Committees
- Quorum
- Discharge of members absent from Sittings of Committees and filling-up of their vacancies
- Resignation of a Member
- Term of a Committee
- Voting in the Committee
- Power to appoint Sub-Committees
- Sittings of the Committee
- Committee may sit whilst the House is sitting
- Venue of Sittings
- Power to take evidence or call for papers, Records or Documents
- Party or a witness can appoint a counsel to appear before Committees
- Procedure for examining witnesses
- Signing of the Report of the Committee
- Availability of Report before presentation to Government
- Presentation of Report
- Publication or circulation of Report prior to its presentation to the House
- Power to make suggestions on procedures
- Power of Speaker to give direction on a point of procedure or otherwise
- Unfinished work of Committees
- Secretary to be the ex-officio Secretary of Committees
- Applicability of a general rules to Committees
(B) Business Advisory Committee
- Constitution of the Committee
- Functions of the Committee
- Report of the Committee
- Allocation of time
- Disposal of outstanding matters at the appointed hour
- Variation in the allocation of time
(C) Committee on Public Accounts
- Constitution of the Committee
- Functions of the Committee
(D) Committee on Estimates
- Constitution on Committee
- Functions of the Committee
(DD) Committee on the Public Undertakings and Corporational
232-A. Functions of the Committee
232-B. Constitution of the Committee
232-C. Report of the Committee
232-D. Determination of the jurisdiction of the Committee of Public Accounts, Committee on Estimates and Committee on Public undertakings and corporations
(E) Committee of Government Assurances
- Constitution and Functions of the Committee
(F) Committee on Petitions
- Constitution of the Committee
- Petition whom to be addressed and how to be concluded
- Scope of petition
- General form of a petition
- Authentication of signatories to a petition
- Document not to be attached to a petition
- Counter signature
- Notice of Presentation
- Form of petition
- Procedure after presentation of a petition
(G) Committee on Delegated Legislation
- Constitution and functions of the Committee
- Duties of the Committee
- Report of the Committee
(H) Rules Committee
- Constitution of the Committee
- Functions of the Committee
- Notice of Amendments to Rules
- Chairman of the Committee
- Procedure for the Amendment of Rules
(I) Select Committee
- Constitution of Select Committee
- Procedure in a Select Committee
- Notice of Amendments by members other than members of Select Committee
- Power of Committee to take evidence
- Printing and publication of evidence tendered before a Select Committee
- Record of Decisions of the Committee
- Report by Select Committee
- Minute of dissent recorded by a member
- Printing and publication of Report
(J) Joint Select Committee
- Constitution of Joint Select Committee
- Procedure before Joint Select Committee
(K) Committee on Privileges
- Constitution of the Committee
- Quorum
- Examination of the question by the Committee on privileges and its procedure
- Examination of the Questions by the Committee
- Disabilities of Members of the Committee
- Sittings of Committee on Privileges
- Report of the Committee
(L) Questions and Reference Committee
269-A. Constitution of the Committee
269-B. Functions of the Committee
CHAPTER XVII – RESOLUTION FOR REMOVAL OF SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST MINISTERS AND STATEMENT BY A MINISTER WHO HAS RESIGNED
- Resolution for Removal of Speaker or Deputy Speaker
- Leave of House to take up Resolution
- Resolution included in the List of Business on the Appointed Day
- Presiding person at the time of consideration of the Resolution
- Time-limit for speeches
- Motion of No-confidence in Ministers
- Statement by a Minister who has resigned
CHAPTER XVIII – COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE ASSEMBLY
- Communications from the Governor to the Assembly
- Communications from the Assembly to the Governor
CHAPTER XIX – RESIGNAGTION AND VOCATIONS OF SEATS IN THE HOUSE AND ABSENTEE MEMBERS
- Resignation of seats in the House
- Permission to remain absent from meeting of the House
- Attendance Register
CHAPTER XX – GENERAL RULES OF PROCEDURE
(A) Language of the Assembly
- Language of the Assembly
(B) Notices
- Giving of Notices
(C) Amendments
- Amendments which may be admissible
- Amendment how put to vote
(D) Rules to be observed by Members
- Rules to be observed by members while present in the House
- Members to speak when called by the Speaker
- Mode of addressing the House
- Rules to be observed while speaking and answering Questions
289-A. Questions to be asked through the Speaker
- Questions to be asked through the Speaker
- Irrelevance or repetitions
291-A. Personal Explanation
(E) Order of Speeches and Right of Reply
- Order of Speeches and right to reply
- Address by Speaker
(F) Procedure when Speaker rises
- Speaker to be heard in silence
(G) Decisions
- Procedure for obtaining decision of the House
- Proposal and putting of Question
- No speech after voices collected
- Decision
(H) Speakers power to order withdrawal of a Member or to adjourn the House or suspend a Sitting
- Peace and order in the House
(I) Points of Order
- Points of Order and decisions thereon
- Raising of a matter which is not a point of order
(J) Record and Report of Proceedings
- Record of proceedings of the Assembly
- Report of proceedings of the Assembly
- Expunging of words from proceedings of the House
(K) Admission of strangers
- Speaker to regulate admission of strangers
- Power to order withdrawal of strangers
- Steps for expulsion of strangers
(L) Power of speaker to make regulations for Election by Single transferable Vote and for Ballot
- Speaker to make regulations for election by single transferable vote and for Ballot
(M) Elections by the Assembly
- Elections by the Assembly
(N) Laying of paper and document on the Table of the House
- Laying of any paper or document on the Table of the House
(O) Miscellaneous
- Suspension of Rules
- Interpretation and removal of difficulties
- Residuary powers
- Speaker's decision not to be questioned
314-A. #9; Objection to Vote of a member
(P) Relative precedence
- Relative precedence of different classes of business before the House Schedules