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Standing Orders
Chapter 10 - Petitions
69 Presentation of petitions
(1) A petition shall be lodged with the
Clerk, at least 3 hours before the meeting of the Senate at which it is
proposed to have it presented, and in order to be presented must bear the
Clerk’s certificate that it is in conformity with the standing orders.
(2) At the time provided the Clerk shall
make an announcement that petitions have been lodged. At the commencement of
the sitting a list shall be circulated indicating in respect of each petition
the senator who presents it, the number of signatures, and the subject matter
of the petition.
(3) Every petition presented shall be
deemed to have been received by the Senate unless a motion, moved at the time
provided, that a petition be not received, is agreed to.
(4) The texts of the petitions received
shall be printed in Hansard.
(5) A petition shall not be presented
after notices of motion have been given, but when the mover of a motion is
called or when an order of the day is read for the first time, a petition
referring to it may be presented.
(6) A senator presenting a petition
shall place the senator’s name at the beginning of it, together with a
statement of the number of signatures.
(7) Petitions may be presented to the
Senate only by a senator, and a senator may not present a petition from that
senator.
(8) A petition not certified under
paragraph (1) may be presented in accordance with this standing order with the
approval of the President if the President is satisfied that exceptional
circumstances warrant its presentation.
(amended 6 March 1997)
70 Form of petitions
(1) A petition shall be fairly written,
typed, or printed without interlineation or erasure.
(2) A petition shall contain a request
for action by the Senate or the Parliament.
(3) A petition shall be in the English
language, or be accompanied by a translation, certified by the senator who
presents it to be correct.
(4) Every signature shall be written on
a page bearing the petition, and shall not be pasted upon or otherwise
transferred to it.
(5) A petition shall be signed by the
petitioners with their names, but may be signed by a person for another in case
of incapacity by sickness. A person not able to write may make a mark in the
presence of a witness, who shall sign as such.
(6) Petitions of corporations may be
made under their common seal.
(7) No letters, affidavits, or other
documents shall be attached to a petition.
71 Content of petitions
(1) No reference shall be made in a
petition to any debate in Parliament of the same session, unless it is strictly
relevant to the petition.
(2) A petition shall be respectful,
decorous, and temperate in its language, and shall not contain language
disrespectful to any legislature or irrelevant statements.
(3) A senator presenting a petition
shall be acquainted with the contents of it, and shall take care that it is in
conformity with the rules and orders of the Senate.
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