Section 9: Sittings

9. Sittings (1) Subject to the terms of any Proclamation issued by the President fixing the time and place for the beginning of any sitting of the Assembly and any unavoidable cause, the Assembly shall sit on Tuesdays at 10.30 a.m. or on such other day and at such time as it may decide. (2) Where by reason of any unavoidable cause, the Assembly cannot sit on the day and at the time appointed or decided, then it shall sit on the Tuesday following at 10.30 a.m. (3) The Chairperson may at any time suspend a sitting until such a time to be fixed by him. (4) A motion that a sitting be suspended for a period may be made at any time, by permission of the Chairperson, without notice. (5) A motion made under paragraph (4) shall fix the period of suspension. (6) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (7) of this Order, the Assembly shall not be adjourned except in pursuance of a resolution. (7) When a substantive motion for the adjournment of the Assembly (other than a motion made immediately after the conclusion of Questions) has been made by a Commissioner, the Chairperson shall, after the expiration of half an hour after that motion has been made, or at the conclusion of the debate, whichever occurs first, adjourn the Assembly without question put. (8) The Assembly shall not be adjourned sine die. (9) Whenever the Assembly stands adjourned and the Chief Commissioner informs the Chairperson that public interest requires that the Assembly should meet earlier than the time to which it stands adjourned, the Chairperson, may give notice that he appoints a time for the Assembly to meet and the Assembly shall accordingly meet at the time stated in the notice for the exclusive transaction of government business. (10) All business undisposed of at the adjournment of the Assembly shall be placed on the Order Paper for the subsequent sitting of the Assembly, in accordance with directions given by the Chairperson. (11) Any debate interrupted under this Order shall on coming again before the Assembly, be resumed at the point where it was interrupted as if it were a continuous debate, and any Member whose speech was interrupted shall have the right to speak first on such resumption. If he does not avail himself of such right, his speech shall be deemed to have been concluded.