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Standing Orders
Chapter 24 - Conferences
156 Request for conference
(1) Conferences sought by the Senate
with the House of Representatives shall be requested by message.
(2) In requesting a conference, the
message from the Senate shall state, in general terms, the object for which the
conference is sought and the number of managers proposed to serve, which shall
be not less than 5.
(3) A conference shall not be requested
by the Senate on the subject of a bill or motion of which the House of
Representatives is at the time of the request in possession.
157 Appointment of managers
(1) A motion for requesting a conference
shall contain the names of the senators proposed by the mover to be the
managers for the Senate.
(2) If, on such a motion, any senator so
requires, the managers for the Senate shall be selected by ballot.
(3) Managers to represent the Senate in
a conference requested by the House of Representatives shall consist of the
same number of members as those of the House of Representatives.
158 Sitting suspended
During a conference the sitting of the
Senate shall be suspended.
159 Time and place of conference
(1) In respect of any conference
requested by the House of Representatives the time and place for holding the
conference shall be appointed by the Senate; and when the Senate requests a
conference, it shall agree to its being held at the time and place appointed by
the House of Representatives, and such agreement shall be communicated by
message.
(2) At conferences requested by the
House of Representatives the managers for the Senate shall assemble at the time
and place appointed, and receive the managers of the House of Representatives.
160 Proceedings at conference
(1) At all conferences the reasons or
resolutions of the Senate communicated by the managers shall be in writing, and
the managers shall not receive any such communication from the managers for the
House of Representatives unless it is in writing.
(2) At conferences the managers for the
Senate shall deliver the reasons or resolutions of the Senate to the managers
for the House of Representatives, or receive from the managers for the House of
Representatives the reasons or resolutions communicated by the latter, after
which the managers for the Senate shall be at liberty to confer freely with the
managers for the House of Representatives.
161 Report of conference
The managers for the Senate shall, when the
conference has concluded, report the proceedings to the Senate.
162 One conference only
There shall be only one conference on a bill
or other matter.
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