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STANDING ORDERS

FOR THE BGCM

1. The President shall maintain order and decide all

points of order.

2. The President shall decide priority of speeches,

according to the order in which a delegate catches

his/her eye.

3. The President shall call for the terms of a motion,

or an amendment, before any speech is delivered

thereon. Except in the case of an emergency

approved by the Executive Committee and the

General Council no motion or amendment can be

moved unless submitted in accordance with the

terms of Rule 6 of the Federation’s rules.

4. In the case of a disorder arising, the President shall

have the power to adjourn the meeting to a time

he/she shall fix, and his/her leaving the Chair shall

terminate the session.

5. Should there be equality of votes on any issue

where the vote is taken by show of hands the

President may, subject to the terms of Rule 7,

exercise a casting vote.

6. When a report is submitted by a committee, a

member of that committee shall have the right to

move its adoption.

7. The previous question, or the motion to pass to

next business, shall always have priority, and if

carried, the next business must be taken.

8. The mover only of an original motion shall have the

right to reply, but in his/her reply he/she must not

introduce new matter. Other delegates can only be

heard by permission of the meeting, and to clear up

misunderstandings with regard to essential parts of

their previous speeches.

9. If a delegate rises to a point of order, he/she must

specify the rule or practice which he/she thinks is

being violated. The delegate in possession of the

floor must sit down while the point of order is being

raised, and the objector must sit down while the

President is giving a ruling.

10. Discussion shall cease if the motion ‘that the

question be now put’ is carried by a two thirds

majority.

11. At an adjourned debate the mover of the

adjournment shall be first heard.

12. No amendment shall be proposed which would

be tantamount to a direct negative of the whole

proposal.

13. An amendment must be seconded in the same way

as motions, otherwise it must drop.

14. When an amendment has been moved and

seconded it must be stated from the Chair before

the debate is allowed to proceed.

15. There can be only one amendment before the

meeting at one time.

16. If the amendment is put and carried it then

becomes the substantive motion to which another

amendment can be moved before it is put and

carried as the substantive motion.

17. If the amendment is put and lost the original

motion is then open to the moving of another

amendment which, if carried becomes the

substantive motion.

18. No delegate can move two amendments of the

same motion.

19. No delegate shall be permitted to move an

amendment while a previously moved amendment

is under discussion

Standing Orders

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