Amendments to Motions – How Moved and Put

(1) When any Motion is under consideration in the House or in a Committee thereof, an amendment may be proposed to the Motion if it is relevant thereto. Motions - How (2) An amendment may be proposed to any such amendment if it is relevant thereto. (3) An amendment to a Motion may be moved and seconded at any time after the question upon the Motion has been proposed by the Speaker or Chairman, and before it has been put by the Speaker or Chairman at the conclusion of the debate upon the Motion. When all amendments have been disposed of the 42 Belize Constitution Speaker shall then put the question on the original Motion or the Motion as amended as the case may require. (4) (a) On every amendment the question to be proposed shall be “That this amendment be made”. (b) When two or more amendments are proposed to be moved to the same Motion, the Speaker shall call upon the movers in the order in which their amendments relate to the text of the Motion, or in case of doubt in such order as he shall decide. (5) (a) Any amendment to an amendment which a Member wishes to propose may be moved and seconded at any time after the question upon the original amendment has been proposed, and before it has been put at the conclusion of the debate on the original amendment. (b) An amendment to an amendment shall be disposed of in the same way as an amendment to a Motion, the question to be proposed being “That this amendment to the amendment be made”. (c) When every such to an amendment has been disposed of, the Speaker shall put the question on the original amendment or on the original amendment as amended as the case may require. Belize Constitution 43 (6) Any amendment, whether in the House or in Committee of the whole House, shall be put into writing by the mover and delivered to the Clerk before the question is proposed thereon. (7) When the question upon an amendment to a Motion has been proposed by the Speaker or Chairman an earlier part of the Motion may not be amended unless the amendment under discussion is withdrawn. (8) Any amendment may, by leave of the House, be withdrawn at the request of the mover before the question is fully put thereon, provided that there is no dissentient voice. (9) An amendment shall not raise any question which, by these Standing Orders, can only be raised by a substantive Motion after notice.