S.L. const.2 Art. 49Time limit of speeches.

No member shall speak for more than forty minutes at a time in any debate in the House except on a direct motion of want of confidence, when a member shall be at liberty to speak for one hour:

Provided that this rule shall not apply to a Minister delivering the Financial Statements, or to the Leader of the Opposition or any member deputed by him to speak first in reply to such a statement, who shall each be at liberty to speak for one hour and a half:

Provided also that this rule shall not apply to a member moving the second reading of a bill, or to the Prime Minister or to the Leader of the Opposition or any member deputed by them respectively to speak first in reply to such motion, who shall each be at liberty to speak for one hour and a half:

Provided also that the speech in reply, when such reply is permitted, of a member who has moved a motion shall not exceed half an hour: Provided further that with the consent of the House, to be determined without debate, a member may be heard for a further period not exceeding thirty minutes: Provided however that nothing in the foregoing provisions shall be construed to suspend any of the Standing Orders of the House relative to the closure or irrelevance and repetition.