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52    (1)
Whenever the conduct of a Member is grossly disorderly, and in the opinion of the Speaker or the Chairman, it cannot be adequately addressed under sub-rule 4 of rule 50 he or she may name the Member.

 

(2) Whenever a Member is named by the  Speaker or the Chairman then:-

(a) if the offence has been committed by such Member in the House, a motion shall immediately be moved by another Member requesting the
Speaker to suspend the Member named from the service of the House;

or

(b) If the offence has been committed in a Committee of the Whole House,  the Chairman shall immediately leave the Chair and report the
circumstances to the House and a Member shall there and then, move a motion requesting the Speaker to suspend the Member named from the House.

 

(3) A motion moved under sub-rule (2) shall not require to be seconded and the question shall be put by the Speaker immediately.

 

(4) No amendment, adjournment or debate shall be allowed on the motion moved under sub-rule(2).

 

(5) If a motion requesting the speaker to suspend a Member is carried, the Speaker shall immediately suspend the Member from the Service of the House.

 

(6) If a Member is suspended, his or her suspension on the first occasion shall be for the next one sitting excluding the sitting in which he or she was suspended; on the second occasion in a session, for the next three sittings, excluding the sitting in which he or she was suspended, and on the third and any subsequent occasion during the same session, for the next fourteen Sittings of the House excluding the sitting in which the member was suspended.

 

(7) Notwithstanding the number of days a Member has been suspended, the suspension shall cease at the end of the session in which he or
she was  suspended unless the House otherwise orders.

 

(8) Where a Member who has been suspended from the service of the House under this Rule refuses to obey the direction of the Speaker when summoned under the Speaker’s orders by the Serjeant-at Arms to obey such direction, the Speaker shall call the attention of the House to the fact that recourse to force is necessary in order to compel obedience to his or her direction, and the Member shall accordingly, be forcibly ejected from the House.