CHAPTER X - CALL ATTENTION
CHAPTER X
CALL ATTENTION
65. PROCEDURE REGARDING CALLING ATTENTION:–
(1) A member may, with the consent of the Speaker, call the attention of the concerned Minister to any matter involving the law and order situation in the Province, through a ‘Call Attention Notice’.
Explanation: ‘Call Attention Notice’ means a notice by which a special question of public importance may be raised.
(2) The ‘Call Attention Notice’ shall be in the form of a question addressed to the concerned Minister and shall be given in writing to the Secretary not less than forty-eight hours before the commencement of the sitting on the day on which it is proposed to be fixed.
66. ADMISSIBILITY:–
(1) A question under rule 65 shall not be admissible unless–
(a) it relates to a definite matter of recent and urgent public importance; and
(b) it satisfies the conditions mentioned in rule 43.
(2) A member shall not ask more than one such question in a sitting.
67. TIME OF CALLING ATTENTION:–
(1) The notice shall be included in the List of Business on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in such order as may be determined by the Speaker, in view of the public importance of the question raised thereby.
(2) The time for asking and answering such questions shall be thirty minutes immediately after the question hour.
(3) Not more than five such questions shall be included in the List of Business for a sitting.
(4) The Speaker may change the day or the time or both for asking a question.
(5) A call attention shall not be asked on the days mentioned in sub-rule (2) of rule 38.
(6) Balloting will be held to select a maximum of five Call Attentions which have been admitted by the Speaker for inclusion in business on the days as given below:-
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Balloting |
Inclusion in the List of Business |
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Monday |
Wednesday |
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Tuesday |
Thursday |
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Wednesday |
Friday |
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Friday |
Monday |
(7) The time for balloting shall be held in the office of the Secretary, at 3:00 p.m., or as announced by the Speaker in the House.
Provided that any Call Attention submitted within time which comes in ballot but is not taken up by the Assembly in the allotted time, shall be included in the ballot for the next day.
68. MODE OF RAISING THE QUESTION:–
Upon being asked by the Speaker, the member concerned may raise the question and the Minister concerned may answer the question on the same day or on any other day fixed by the Speaker.
69. RESTRICTION ON DEBATE:–
(1) There shall be no debate on such questions or answers.
(2) The member moving the call attention shall not have a right of reply and no other member except the member moving the call attention shall be allowed to speak on a call attention.
70. NOTICES TO LAPSE:–
All notices of call attention which are not included in the List of Business on a day immediately following the said notice shall lapse, and notices which, although brought on the agenda, are not disposed of because of expiry of time fixed for the purpose shall also lapse:
Provided that the call attention brought on the List of Business for which the Speaker fixes another day, either himself or on the request of the Minister concerned, shall not lapse.