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44Government and of any office of director or manager he may hold inany company or business undertaking (whether or not it has a contractwith the Government) and thereafter, upon his acquisition of any suchshare or interest or appointment to such office, he shall make such adeclaration before the next sitting of Parliament he attends followingupon the acquisition of that share or interest or appointment to thatoffice.(2) The Speaker shall maintain a record of all declarations made underparagraph (1) of this order and shall not disclose any of the contents ofthe same except upon a motion to that effect passed by Parliament, arequest made pursuant to any Act of Parliament, or where he considersit fit and proper to do so.(3) A Member shall not move any motion or amendment relating to amatter in which he has a direct personal pecuniary interest or speak orvote on any such matter, whether in Parliament or in any committee,without disclosing the nature of that interest.(4) A motion to disallow a Member's vote on the ground of non-disclosureof his personal pecuniary interest may be moved without notice by anyMember immediately upon the statement of the numbers voting in adivision by the Speaker, but not otherwise.(5) The Speaker shall have discretion whether or not to propose thequestion upon such a motion; and in exercising such discretion he shallhave regard to the nature of the question upon which the vote was takenand to the consideration whether the interest therein of the Memberwhose vote is challenged is direct and pecuniary and not an interest incommon with the rest of the inhabitants of Solomon Islands or whetherhis vote was given on a matter of state policy.(6) If the question for the disallowance of a Member's vote is proposed, theMember concerned may be heard in his place but he shall thenwithdraw from Parliament or committee for the duration of the debateand any vote on the question.(7) If a motion for the disallowance of a Member's vote is carried theSpeaker shall direct the Clerk to alter the numbers voting in the originaldivision accordingly.79. ADMISSION OF PRESS AND PUBLICSubject to such Rules as may be made from time to time by the Speaker,members of the public and of the press shall be admitted as spectators ofsittings of Parliament. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall ensure that any such Rulesare complied with.80. WITHDRAWAL OF STRANGERS(1) A Member may without notice at any time during a sitting of Parliamentor a committee rise and move that strangers do withdraw, specifying
45whether the withdrawal is to be for the remainder of that day's sitting orduring the consideration of certain business. The Speaker shall forthwithput the question on such motion and Parliament or the committee shalldispose of it before proceeding further with the business which wasbefore it when the motion was moved.(2) The Speaker may at any time order strangers to withdraw and the doorsof the House to be closed.(3) When an order has been made by Parliament or committee, or by theSpeaker for the withdrawal of strangers, members of the public and ofthe press shall forthwith withdraw from the House and the Clerk andthe Sergeant-at-Arms shall ensure that the order is complied with.81. SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERSA motion which has the object or effect of suspending a Standing Order shallnot be moved except after notice or with the consent of the Speaker.82. PROCEDURE IN CASE OF DOUBTWhere any matter arises which is not provided for in these Orders or theresolution of any other matter causes doubt, the usage and practice of theCommons House of Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall befollowed as far as it is not inconsistent with the Orders or with the practice ofParliament but no restriction which the House of Commons has introduced bystanding order shall extend to Parliament or its Members until Parliament hasprovided by standing order for a similar restriction.________________________________________________________Passed by the Resolution of Parliament on 9 th August 1982.Dated at Honiara this fifteenth day of October, 1982.SPEAKERi Business Committee now referred to as ‘Parliamentary House Committee’.ii S.48 (3) remains to be amended to conform with the new Provincial Government Act 1996 and shouldread as follows. ‘A Bill to amend those provisions of the Provincial Government Act 1996 referred to inSection 61 (1) of that Act shall not be read a second time unless notice of the Bill has been given to theSpeaker of Parliament within reasonable time’.iii S.48 (4) remains to be amended as follows: The words “Provincial Assembly or Provincial Executive”to be replaced with the words “Provincial Council or Area Assembly”.
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