S.L. const.2 Art. 16Closure.

(1) After a question has been proposed and debated for not less than an hour a member may claim to move "That the question be now put", and, unless it shall appear to the Chair that such motion is an abuse of the rules of the House, or an infringement of the rights of the minority, the question "That the question be now put" shall be put forthwith and decided without amendment or debate.

(2) When the motion "That the question be now put" has been carried, and the question consequent thereon has been decided, any further motion may be made (the assent of the Chair as aforesaid not having been withheld) which may be requisite to bring to a decision any question already proposed from the Chair; and also if a clause be then under consideration, a motion may be made (the assent of the Chair, as aforesaid, not having been withheld), that the question that certain words of the clause defined in the motion stand part of the clause or that the clause stand part of, or be added to, the bill, be now put. Such motions shall be put forthwith, and decided without amendment or debate.

(3) Provided always that this rule shall not be put in force -

(a) in the House, unless the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker is in the Chair; or

(b) in Committee of the whole House unless the Chairman or Deputy Chairman is in the Chair.

III. Arrangement of Business of the House