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Members speaking to al-
dress President.
No Member to be refer-
red to by name.
Interruptions.
Precedence when two
Members rise together.
Speech not to be read.
President's authority.
Specch on petition.
No debate on question
answered.
How often Meinbers may
speak.
Motion or amendment should be seconded.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST JUNE, 1890.
Order in which amend-
ments should be enter tained.
may be to dispose of or charge any part of the revenue arising within the Colony, shall be proposed by the Governor, unless the proposal of the same shall have been expressly allowed or directed by him.
17.-Every Member shall speak standing, and shall address himself to the President.
18.--No Member shall refer to any other Member by name except in the case of reference to an un-official Member and then only where it is necessary for the purpose of the debate.
19.- No Member shall interrupt another when speaking, except by rising to order. A Member rising to order shall simply direct attention to the point which he desires to bring to notice, and submit it to the decision of the President.
Proposed amendments to he committed to writ- ing.
Clauses of Bills.
Filling Blanks.
20.---If two Members rise to speak at the same time, the President shall call upon one of them to address the Council first.
A Member may not read his speech, but he may read extracts from written or printed papers in support of his argument.
21.-It shall be the duty of the President on his own authority to enforce all these Rules and when the President addresses the Council, any Member speaking shall immediately resume his seat.
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22.--No speech shall be made on presenting a petition, beyond such as may be necessary to explain its nature and object.
23.-When a question has been asked and answered, no further debate thereon shall be permitted.
24.-No Member may speak more than once on any question, except when the Council is in Committee.
The Mover of any motion may, however, reply at the close of a debate; and any Member may explain himself if he has been misapprehended in any essential statement.
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25. The Mover of any motion or amendment may speak in support thereof; but no further debate shall be allowed, whether the Council be in Committee or not, until the motion or amendment be duly seconded.
26.-If any amendment be proposed and seconded, it shall be considered before the original question.
If an amendment of a proposed amendment be moved and duly seconded, it shall be considered as if such previous amendment were an original question.
27. Any Amendment moved and seconded may be required by the President to be committed to writing by the mover and delivered to the Clerk.
28.-When a Bill is in Committee each Clause shall be read by the Clerk and shall then be put from the Chair, without Motion, by this Question: "That this Clause shall stand part of the Bill," and the Clause shall be treated as a Motion, except that a Clause may be amended portion by portion, the earlier Amendments having precedence of the later.
29.-In filling up blanks in Bills, and in putting Questions of Amendment respecting Amounts of Money, or Periods of Time, the Question of the lowest Amount of Money or shortest Period of Time proposed shall be first put.