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14.    (1)
A Member may at any time, for reasons stated, seek leave to move “That, this House do now adjourn”.

 

(2) An adjournment under sub-rule (1) shall be for the purpose of debating a definite matter of urgent public importance.

 

(3) Unless it appears to the Speaker that the motion is an abuse of the Rules of the House or an infringement of the rights of any Member, the Speaker shall put the question on the motion without debate.

 

(4) No Member making such a statement shall speak for more than twenty-minutes without leave of the House.

 

(5) The debate to any motion arising under sub-rule (2), shall be confined to the matter of the motion.