Section 21: Manner of asking and answering questions

21. Manner of asking and answering questions (1) A question shall be answered by laying an answer on the Table of the Assembly, unless the Member in notice of the question, states that he requires an oral answer. (2) Where an oral answer is required, the Chairperson, when the question is reached on the Order Paper, shall call upon the Member in whose name the question stands and the Member so called shall ask the question by reference to its number on the Order Paper and the Commissioner concerned shall give his reply. (3) If any question remains unanswered when the Assembly adjourns, a written answer shall be sent to the Member who put the question, and shall be printed in the Official Report. (4) An answer to a question cannot be insisted upon if the answer is refused by the Commissioner. R30 – 39 [Issue 2] Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act (5) A question which one Commissioner has refused to answer shall not be addressed to another Commissioner and a question answered by one Commissioner may not be put to another.