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RULES OF THE SENATE OF CANADA



TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                    Rule #
PART I
INTERPRETATION
Procedure in unprovided cases                                                                        1(1)
Priority of rules over practice                                                                        1(2)
Privileges unaffected                                                                                            2
Suspension of rule                                                                                                    3
Definitions                                                                                                                   4

PART II
SITTINGS OF THE SENATE
Times of sittings                                                                                                        5(1)
Sounding of bells                                                                                                       5(2)
Speaker to enter                                                                                                        5(3)
Prayers                                                                                                                            5(4)
Midnight adjournment                                                                                           6(1)
Friday afternoon adjournment                                                                           6(2)
Adjournment of  Government Business                                                           6(3)
Adjournement of Other Business                                                                      6(4)
No adjournment until after deferred vote                                                  7(1)
Sounding of bells at 5:15 p.m.                                                                            7(2)
Pro forma  bill                                                                                                                8
Quorum of fifteen                                                                                                       9(1)
Sounding of bells for quorum                                                                                9(2)
Lack of quorum                                                                                                            9(3)
Business adjourned to next sitting                                                                    9(4)
When Speaker leaves Chair                                                                              10
Absence of Speaker                                                                                                    11
Acts valid                                                                                                                        12
Evening sittings                                                                                                         13(1)
Exception                                                                                                                       13(2)
Friday adjournment                                                                                                    14
Motion to adjourn                                                                                                       15(1)
When motion can be moved                                                                                 15(2)
No debate                                                                                                                       15(3)
Standing vote                                                                                                               15(4)
Second motion                                                                                                              15(5)
Demeanour                                                                                                                       16
Recall of Senate                                                                                                          17(1)
Extended time of adjournment                                                                            17(2)
Non-receipt of notices                                                                                             17(3)
Absence of Speaker                                                                                                   17(4)

PART III
ORDER AND DECORUM
Authority of Speaker to preserve order and decorum                         18(1)
Speaker’s reasons                                                                                                      18(2)
Speaker’s decision re sufficiency of arguments                                        18(3)
Appeal of Speaker’s decisions                                                                          18(4)
When Speaker rises                                                                                                 18(5)
Demeanour of Senators in Chamber                                                                   19
Ordering withdrawal of strangers                                                                  20(1)
Prior order not required                                                                                           20(2)
Clearing of galleries                                                                                                20(3)
Participation of minister in debate                                                                  21

PART IV
ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Senators’ Statements                                                                                              22(1)
Exception following emergency debate                                                        22(2)
Oral notice of question of privilege                                                               22(3)
Criteria for  Senators’ Statements                                                                  22(4)
Visitors in the gallery                                                                                           22(5)
Limitation on Senator’s intervention                                                            22(6)
Leave to extend remarks                                                                                       22(7)
Leave to extend time for  Senators’ Statements                                      22(8)
Speaker remaining in chair after 6:00 p.m.                                              22(9)
No standing votes                                                                                                    22(10)
Consideration of questions of privilege and points of order           23(1)
First reading of bills                                                                                               23(2)
Deferral of standing vote                                                                                     23(3)
Dilatory and procedural motions                                                                    23(4)
Calling of Orders of the Day at 8:00 p.m. and on Fridays at noon 23(5)
Daily routine of business                                                                                        23(6)
Question period                                                                                                            23(7)
Other orders of business                                                                                          23(8)
Oral questions                                                                                                               24(1)
Supplementary questions                                                                                       24(2)
Questions taken as notice                                                                                       24(3)
Explanatory remarks permitted                                                                        24(4)
Written questions                                                                                                        25(1)
Printed replies                                                                                                              25(2)
Orders of the Day                                                                                                          26
Government Business                                                                                                  26(1)
Other business                                                                                                                26(2)

PART V
PROCESS OF DEBATE;
DOCUMENTS; PRIVILEGE
Priority of government business                                                                        27(1)
Standing of orders until next sitting                                                               27(2)
Deletion from Order Paper                                                                                  27(3)
Tabling of documents                                                                                               28(1)
Record of tabling                                                                                                       28(2)
Tabling of government papers                                                                           28(3)
Tabling of other documents                                                                                 28(4)
Record of tabling                                                                                                       28(5)
Preambles                                                                                                                        29
Withdrawal of motion or inquiry                                                                     30
Motion not seconded                                                                                                   31
Speaking in the Senate                                                                                           32
Two or more Senators rising to speak                                                            33(1)
Motion to allow another Senator to speak                                                33(2)
Adoption of motion                                                                                                  33(3)
Non-adoption of motion                                                                                       33(4)
Yielding the floor to another Senator                                                         34(1)
Yielding the floor for a question                                                                      34(2)
Right of final reply                                                                                                    35
Closing of debate                                                                                                          36
No Senator to speak more than once                                                               37(1)
Unlimited time for Leaders                                                                                 37(2)
Time limit on speeches relating to bills                                                       37(3)
General time limit on speeches                                                                         37(4)
Expiry of time limits on speeches                                                                    37(5)
Agreement to allot time                                                                                            38
Government notice of motion to allocate time                                           39(1)
Time limits in government motion                                                                    39(2)
Limitation                                                                                                                      39(3)
Procedure on taking of standing vote                                                              39(4)
Procedure on consideration of order                                                                 39(5)
Interruption                                                                                                                    39(6)
No other motions to be received                                                                        39(7)
Procedure on government motion to allocate time                                  40(1)
Procedure during debate of government motion                                        40(2)
Mover or seconder may speak later                                                                    41
No debate on mere interrogation                                                                          42
Criteria for raising question of privilege                                                    43(1)
Failure to raise at earlier opportunity                                                         43(2)
Written notice                                                                                                              43(3)
Notice for Friday                                                                                                       43(4)
Distribution of notices by Clerk                                                                         43(5)
Non-receipt of notice                                                                                                43(6)
Oral notice                                                                                                                      43(7)
Time of Senate consideration                                                                               43(8)
Senate consideration on a Friday                                                                      43(9)
Order of consideration                                                                                             43(10)
Debates to be seriatim                                                                                             43(11)
Prima facie  determination by Speaker                                                        43(12)
Motion to take action                                                                                                44(1)
When motion may be moved                                                                                 44(2)
When debate on motion may begin                                                                    44(3)
Debate on Friday                                                                                                         44(4)
Time limits on speaking                                                                                           44(5)
Motion to adjourn and continuation of debate                                              44(6)
Speaker to put question after three hours                                                     44(7)
Adjournment upon completion of debate                                                         44(8)
Where orders of the day not previously concluded                                 44(9)
Complaint against news media                                                                              45
Quoting Commons speech                                                                                            46
Reading the question                                                                                                     47
Motions during debate                                                                                               48(1)
Previous question                                                                                                          48(2)
Motion to adjourn                                                                                                          49(1)
Motion to adjourn government item                                                                   49(2)
Senator called to order                                                                                                50
Objectionable speeches                                                                                                51
Redress of injured Senator                                                                                          52
Exceptionable words                                                                                                   53(1)
Retraction and apologies                                                                                         53(2)
Senate intervention in disputes                                                                              54
Speaker addressing Senate                                                                                    55(1)
Participation of Speaker in debate                                                                   55(2)
Speaker to leave Chair                                                                                            55(3)

PART VI
NOTICES

Notice of inquiry or motion                                                                                     56(1)
Calling matter to attention of Senate                                                              56(2)
Notice for absent Senator                                                                                        56(3)
Two days’ notice of certain motions                                                                   57(1)
Idem                                                                                                                                      57(2)
One day’s notice of certain motions                                                                    58(1)
Correcting irregularities or mistakes                                                               58(2)
Matters requiring no notice                                                                                        59

PART VII
MOTIONS

Notice and criteria for emergency debate                                                     60(1)
Distribution of notice by Clerk                                                                             60(2)
Non-receipt of notice                                                                                                  60(3)
Order of debate                                                                                                              60(4)
Reasons for emergency debate                                                                               60(5)
Idem                                                                                                                                      60(6)
Senate consideration of criteria                                                                           60(7)
Urgency decided by Speaker                                                                                  60(8)
Senate consideration of notices                                                                             60(9)
Motion for emergency debate                                                                                 61(1)
When leave granted on Friday                                                                            61(2)
Where Orders of the Day completed                                                               61(3)
Where Orders of the Day not completed                                                       61(4)
Idem                                                                                                                                      61(5)
One motion only at a sitting                                                                                   61(6)
No other motion to be received                                                                            61(7)
Limitations on speaking                                                                                           61(8)
Debatable motions                                                                                                       62(1)
Motions not debatable                                                                                               62(2)
No motions on resolved questions                                                                        63(1)
Rescinding of orders                                                                                                    63(2)
Objectionable notice                                                                                                      64

PART VIII
VOTING

Voice vote                                                                                                                         65(1)
Speaker’s decision final                                                                                           65(2)
Standing Vote                                                                                                                 65(3)
Pecuniary interest                                                                                                         65(4)
Vote lost when voices equal                                                                                   65(5)
Sounding of bells for standing vote                                                                     66(1)
Taking of vote                                                                                                                  66(2)
Sounding of bells for certain votes                                                                       66(3)
Procedures during taking of votes                                                                        66(4)
Idem                                                                                                                                      66(5)
Adjournments suspended during vote                                                                 66(6)
Deferral of standing vote                                                                                         67(1)
Normal deferred time                                                                                                67(2)
Friday extension of deferral                                                                                   67(3)
No deferrals in relation to subsequent business                                           67(4)
One sounding of bells for same items                                                                  67(5)
Standing vote once deferred                                                                                    67(6)
Requirement for voting                                                                                               68(1)
No debate after vote called                                                                                    68(2)
Withdrawing or amending vote                                                                           68(3)

PART IX
PETITIONS AND BILLS

Petition by individual                                                                                                   69
Petition by corporation                                                                                                  70
Petition on behalf of public meeting                                                                      71
Form of amending bill                                                                                                 72(1)
Typographical indications                                                                                      72(2)
Explanatory notes                                                                                                          72(3)
Reprints                                                                                                                                72(4)
Right to present bills                                                                                                   73(1)
First reading                                                                                                                      73(2)
Referral to committee of subject-matter of bill                                            74(1)
Government notice of referral                                                                                 74(2)
Idem                                                                                                                                        74(3)
Second Reading                                                                                                                   75
Third reading                                                                                                                      76
Reconsideration of clauses                                                                                           77
Senate disagreement with Commons amendments                                     78(1)
Commons disagreement with Senate amendments                                     78(2)
Conference                                                                                                                           78(3)
Free conference                                                                                                                  78(4)
Speaking at conference                                                                                                   79
No duplication of bill in same session                                                                   80
Supply bills                                                                                                                           81
No tacking clauses                                                                                                             82