UK Parliament — House of Commons
Order ID:16
Known as:
- Strangers in parts of the House appropriated to Members
- Powers of serjeant-at-arms with respect to strangers
- Power of serjeant-at-arms with respect to strangers
- Duties of serjeant-at-arms with respect to strangers
- Duties of Serjeant at Arms with respect to strangers
- Duties of Serjeant at Arms with respect to the public
Order numbers:
16, 17, 18, 81, 77, 90, 88, 87, 103, 108, 113, 134, 141, 161
Cite as
Current version
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| 2022 — 30th November | 161 Duties of Serjeant at Arms with respect to the public | (1) |
The Serjeant at Arms attending this House shall take into his custody any member of the public whom he may see, or who may be reported to him to be, in any part of the House or gallery appropriated to the Members of this House, and also any member of the public who, having been admitted into any other part of the House or gallery, shall misconduct himself, or shall not withdraw when the public are directed to withdraw, while the House, or any committee of the whole House, is sitting. |
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| (2) |
The power conferred upon the Serjeant at Arms by paragraph (1) of this order may, if the chair so directs, be exercised in respect of members of the public present at sittings of committees. |
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First appearance
| 1849 — 1st August | 16 |
That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House do, from time to time, take into his custody any Stranger whom he may see, or who may be reported to him to be, in any part of the House or Gallery appropriated to the Members of this House, and also any Stranger who, having been admitted into any other part of the House or Gallery, shall misconduct himself, or shall not withdraw when Strangers are directed to withdraw, while The House, or any Committee of the whole House, is sitting; and that no person so taken into custody be discharged out of custody without the special order of The House. |
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