Decision of Questions

(1) Save as otherwise provided in section 73 of the Belize Constitution Act, or in these Standing Orders all questions proposed for decision in the Senate or in Committee shall be Belize Constitution 135 determined by a majority of the votes of those present and voting. (2) Where the President is not a Senator, he shall have neither an original vote nor a casting vote, and if upon any question before the Senate the votes are equally divided, the Motion shall be declared lost. (3) The President, if a Senator, or any other Senator presiding in the absence of the President, shall have an original vote but not a casting vote.