Scope of Debate

(1) When an amendment proposes to leave out words and to add or insert words in their place, debate upon the question “That this amendment be made” may relate to both the words proposed to be left out and those proposed to be added or inserted. (2) On an amendment proposing only to leave out words or to add or insert words, debate shall be confined to the omission, addition or insertion of such words respectively. (3) Where during the course of a debate a Motion is made (a) for the adjournment of the debate or of the Senate, or (b)in Committee that the Chairman do report progress or do leave the Chair, unless it appears to the Chair that that Motion is an abuse of the rules of the Senate or an infringement of the rights of the minority, the question on the motion for the adjournment as aforesaid shall be put forthwith without amendment or debate; and a Senator who has moved or seconded such a Motion shall not be entitled to move or second any similar Motion during the same debate; but this paragraph shall not be construed as 130 Belize Constitution restricting the customary right of the Minister in charge of arranging the business of the Senate to move the adjournment of the Senate on the conclusion of the business of the day.