Constitution of The Bahamas

ContentsChapter V. ParliamentPart IV. Powers and Procedure of Parliament

Article 55. Regulation of procedure in ParliamentEach House controls its own procedure

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55.

In briefLets each House make its own rules of procedure and act despite vacancies or the presence of someone not entitled to take part.

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, each House may regulate its own procedure and for this purpose may make rules of procedure.

Subject to this Constitution, each House may regulate its own procedure and may make rules of procedure for that purpose.

(2)

Each House may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership, and the presence or participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to participate in the proceedings of the House shall to invalidate those proceedings.

Each House may act even if there is a vacancy among its members. The presence or participation of a person who is not entitled to be present at, or to take part in, the proceedings of the House does not make those proceedings invalid.

Regulation of procedure in ParliamentEach House controls its own procedure

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