Point of Order
March 15, 1966
Miscellaneous; substantive motion
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
Rules and practices require that a committee be appointed by means of a substantive motion with notice. The Chair has no authority to waive such a rule nor can it alter the substance of a motion on its own initiative. The present motion is irregular and cannot be accepted at this time.
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Holding
"A motion to appoint a committee is irregular and inadmissible if it is not a substantive motion with proper notice."
AI Summary
The Speaker ruled a motion to appoint a committee out of order because it was not a substantive motion with proper notice as required by procedure.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Routine Proceedings
- Significance
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High