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Interruptions
Belize Constitution (Senate) Standing Orders, S.O.. 35 · Revised Edition 2020
A Senator shall not interrupt another Senator except–
(a) by rising to a point of order, whereupon the Senator speaking shall resume his seat and the Senator interrupting shall simply direct attention to the point which he desires to bring to notice and submit it to the President or Chairman for decision; or
(b) to elucidate some matter raised by that Senator in the course of his speech, provided that the Senator speaking is willing to give way and resumes his seat and that the Senator wishing to interrupt is called by the Chair; or
(c) by rising to claim closure under Standing Order No. 39 (Closure of Debate).
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