12. (1) Sittings shall unless the Speaker otherwise directs, ordinarily commence at 9:00 o’clock in the morning up to 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, and resume at 4:00 o’clock in the evening and conclude at 6:00 o’clock in the evening; on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
(2) The Speaker may at any time suspend a sitting or adjourn the House.
(3) The Speaker shall at the close of business of a meeting announce the time and date of the next meeting.
(4) The House Business Committee shall fix the time when a sitting of the House is adjourned sine die.
(5) The Speaker or the Chairman in case of a Committee may with the approval of the House or of Members of the Committee, and having regard to the matter under discussion order the House or Committee to move into closed sitting.
(6) The Speaker may, if he or she thinks fit, call a sitting of the House before the date or time to which it has been adjourned or at any time after the House has adjourned sine die.
(7) The House shall ordinarily not sit on gazetted public holidays in the Partner States.
(8) Subject to these rules, the sittings of the House and its committees shall be public.