§ Motions for Adjournment.
§ 1. That no Motion for the adjournment of the House shall be made, except by leave of the House, before the Orders of the Day or Notices of Motions have been entered upon. [Communicated to the House 4th February, 1881.]
§ 2. That when a Motion is made for the adjournment of a Debate, or of the House, during any Debate, the Debate thereupon shall be strictly confined to the matter of such Motion.
§ 3. That, if during any Debate, a Motion be made for the adjournment of the Debate, or of the House, Mr. Speaker may decline to put the Question thereupon, if, in his judgment, such Motion is made for the purpose of obstruction: or, if he think fit to put such Question, he may put it from the Chair forthwith.
§ 4. That no Member, having spoken to a Motion for the adjournment of a 436 Debate, or of the House, during any Debate, shall be entitled to move, or to speak to any similar Motion, during the same Debate.
§ Irrelevance or Repetition.
§ 5. That Mr. Speaker may call the attention of the House to continued irrelevance or tedious repetition on the part of a Member; and may direct the Member to discontinue his speech.
§ Putting the Question.
§ 6. That when it shall appear to Mr. Speaker, during any Debate, to be the general sense of the House, that the Question be now put, he may so inform the House; and on a Motion being made "That the Question be now put," Mr. Speaker shall forthwith put such Question; and if the same be decided in the affirmative, by a majority of three to one, the Question previously under Debate shall be forthwith put from the Chair.
§ House Resolving itself into Committee.
§ 7. That when the Order of the Day for the Committee on any Bill, or other matter declared urgent is read, Mr. Speaker shall forthwith leave the Chair, without putting any Question; and the House shall thereupon resolve itself into such Committee.
§ Consideration of Bill, as amended.
§ 8. That, on reading the Order of the Day for the consideration of a Bill (declared urgent), as amended, the House do proceed to consider the same, with out Question put.
§ Divisions.
§ 9. That when, before a Division, Mr. Speaker's decision that the "Ayes," or "Noes," have it is challenged, Mr. Speaker may call upon the Members challenging it, to rise in their places; and if they do not exceed twenty, he may forthwith declare the determination of the House.