(3) The Finance Member shall be Chairman of the Committee, and, in the case of an equality of votes on any matter, shall have a second or casting vote.

Control of Committee on Public Accounts

34. (1) In scrutinising the audit and appropriation accounts of the Province, it shall be the duty of the Committee to satisfy itself that the money voted by the Council has been spent within the scope of the demand granted by the Council.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Committee to bring to the notice of the Council

(i) every re-appropriation from one grant to another grant:

(ii) every re-appropriation within a grant which is not made in accordance with the rules regulating the functions of the Finance Department, or which has the effect of increasing the expenditure on an item the provision for which has been specially reduced by a vote of the Council; and

(iii) all expenditure which the Finance Department has requested should be brought to the notice of the Council.

I. SESSIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY, ELECTION OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT, ARRANGEMENT OF BUSINESS, AND GIVING OF NOTICES.

3. Summoning of Assembly.

4. Termination of Sessions.

5. Election of Deputy President.

6. Time of Meeting.

7. Arrangement of business.

8. List of business.

9. Business outstanding at end of day.

10. Time for questions.

11. Giving of notice by members.

12. Giving of notice to members.

II.-QUESTIONS.

13. Notice of questions.

14. Matters to which questions must relate.

15. Form and contents of questions.

16. President to decide admissibility of questions.

17. List of questions.

18. Questions how put.

19. Answers to withdrawn questions.

20. Prohibition of discussion on questions or answers.

III.--MOTIONS FOR ADJOURNMENT FOR PURPOSE OF DEBATE.

21. Time of asking leave for motion of adjournment.

22. Method of asking leave.

ORDER.

IV. GENERAL RULES OF PROCEDURE.

25. Adjustment for failure of quorum. 26. Seating of members.

27. Members to rise when speaking. 28. Explanations.

42.

Presentation of report.

43. Printing of publication of reports.

44. Procedure after presentation of report.

VIII. CONSIDERATION, AMENDMENT, AND PASSING OF BILLS.

52. Submission of Bills to Governor-General.

53. Reconsideration by the assembly of Bills passed by both

chambers.

74.

BETWEEN GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND THE

ASSEMBLY, AND REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASSEMBLY.

Communications to the Governor-General.

75. Report of Proceedings.

SCEDULE I.

Ballot Procedure for Determining Relative Precedence of

Non-official Bills and Resolutions.

No. 166. In pursuance of section 67, sub-section (6) of the Government of India Act, the GovernorGeneral in Council is pleased to make the following first standing orders for the Legislative Assembly:1. These standing orders may be called the Legislative Assembly Standing

Short Title.

Orders.

2. In these standing orders, unless the context otherwise requires,means the Legislative Assembly; means a chamber of the Indian

Assembly

Chamber

Legislature;

"Council" means the Council of State;

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Finance Member" means the member of the Assembly appointed by the Governor General to perform the functions of the Finance Member under the rules or these standing orders;

"Gazette " means the Gazette of India;

member means a member of the Assembly; "Member of the Government " means a Mem

ber of the Governor General's Executive Council, and includes any member to whom such Member may delegate any function assigned to him under the rules or standing orders;