Reports from Select Committees

(1) Every Select Committee shall, before the end of every Session, make a report to the House upon the matters referred to it; but where a Select Committee finds itself unable to conclude its investigation before the end of the Session, it may so report to the House. (2) A report of a Select Committee may contain the opinions and observations of the Committee, and may be accompanied by the minutes of evidence taken before the Committee. (3) A Select Committee may make a special report relating to its powers, functions and proceedings on any matters that it thinks fit to bring to the notice of the House. (4) The report of a Select Committee shall be presented to the House by the Chairman or other Member deputed by the Committee, and shall be ordered to be laid on the Table, and be printed, without question put. (5) The minutes of proceedings of a Select Committee shall record– (a) the names of the Members present each day of the sitting of the Committee; (b) the names of the witnesses examined; (c) in the event of a division taking place, the question proposed, the names of the proposer and the respective votes thereon of the Members present and the names of the Members (if any) who declined to vote. * This Act was omitted from the Revised Edition of the Laws of Belize 1980-1990, from the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000, and from the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2020. 88 Belize Constitution (5) The minutes of the proceedings of a Select Committee shall be printed with the report of the Committee, unless the House otherwise direct, and the Clerk shall preserve the original thereof as part of the records of the House. (6) The Report of a Select Committee may be taken into consideration by the House on a motion “That the Report of the Select Committee on ............................................................be adopted”. Such a motion may be moved by any Member after one clear day’s notice.