Section 31: Amendments to motions
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31. Amendments to motions
(1) A question, when proposed from the Chair, may be amended—
(a) by leaving out certain words in order to insert or add other words;
(b) by leaving out certain words; or
(c) by inserting or adding other words.
(2) An amendment must be relevant to the question to which it is proposed.
(3) No amendment shall raise any question which, according to these Orders, can only be raised by a substantive motion after notice.
(4) No amendment shall be moved if substantially identical with an amendment already disposed of.
(5) No amendment shall be moved if it is, substantially, a direct negative of
the original proposition or of the words which it is proposed to amend.
(6) Amendments shall be moved in the order of the words of the Bill or Motion to which they relate and when an amendment of any part of a question has
been proposed from the Chair an earlier part cannot be amended unless the
amendments so proposed have been withdrawn.
(7) Unless otherwise permitted by the Chair, any proposed amendment of
which notice has not been given shall be handed to the Chair in writing before
they are moved.
(8) Before proposing an amendment the Chairperson may call upon the
Member to offer such explanations as may be necessary to enable him to form a
judgment upon it.
(9) The mover of an amendment shall address himself to the main question
and shall lose the right to speak again on the main motion after the amendment
has been disposed of.