Point of Order
March 10, 1966
Superseding motion (adjournment)
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The motion to adjourn is a superseding motion and it can only be moved when there is something before the House. At the moment, there is nothing before the House. Moreover, a Member cannot rise under the guise of a point of order to ask for the adjournment of the House. There is also another difficulty: by adding the words "until 6 o'clock this day" the Member has placed a condition on the standard motion, so that it cannot be moved in this way. It becomes a substantive motion, requiring notice.
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Holding
"A motion to adjourn is a superseding motion that can only be moved when business is before the House, cannot be raised on a point of order, and becomes a substantive motion requiring notice if a condition is added."
AI Summary
A Speaker's ruling clarifies that a conditional motion to adjourn is a substantive motion requiring notice and cannot be moved as a superseding motion when no business is before the House.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Between items of business
- Significance
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