Section 55: Procedure in Committee of the whole Assembly on Bills

55. Procedure in Committee of the whole Assembly on Bills At the Committee Stage of Bill— (a) the Clerk shall call the number of each clause in succession and shall read the heading to each clause and if no amendment is offered, the Chairperson shall, after a convenient number of clauses has been called, put the question “That clauses to stand part of the Bill”; (b) if any Member announces, while the clauses are being called that he wishes to move an amendment to, or make some comment on, a clause, the Chairperson shall forthwith put the question with regard to all the clauses which have been called but not yet agreed to, excluding the clause indicated by the Member which shall then be considered; (c) after the clause has been so considered, and after any proposed amendment thereto has been agreed to or negatived, the Chairperson shall put the question “That clause..... (or clause..... as amended) stand part of the Bill”; (d) the consideration of the schedule (or schedules), if any, including new schedules, if any, and the long title shall follow the consideration of the clauses, including new clauses; (e) a clause in the Bill as printed may be postponed, unless upon an amendment thereto a question shall have been fully put from the Chair; (f) such postponed clauses shall be considered after the remaining clauses of the Bill and before any new clauses which may have been deferred for consideration have been brought up; (g) new clauses may be considered at their appropriate places in the Bill, or they may be deferred for consideration until after the clauses in the Bill as printed have been disposed of; (h) on the title of any new clause being read by the Clerk, the clause shall be deemed to have been read the first time. The question shall then be proposed “That the clause be read a second time”, and if it is agreed to, amendments may then be proposed to the new clause. The final question to be proposed shall be “That the clause (or the clause as amended) be added to the Bill”; (i) new schedules shall be considered and treated in the same way as new clauses; R30 – 49 [Issue 2] Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act (j) when a clause or schedule has been agreed to by the Committee or amended and agreed to, it shall not be competent for the Committee to resume consideration thereof; (k) before the proceedings have terminated, any Member may move to report progress, and if such motion is carried the Chairperson shall leave the Chair and make his report to the Assembly, and shall ask leave to sit again; (l) at the conclusion of the proceedings, the Chairperson shall put the question “That I do report the Bill (or the Bill as amended) to the Assembly”, which shall be decided without amendment or debate.