ADJOURNMENT MOTION (Business Motion)

Parliament of Singapore · 13 May 1968 · 2nd Parliament

Official Report, 13 May 1968, Vol 27, Issue 4 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

E. W. Barker

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

Mr Speaker: You have a business motion, Mr Barker?

The Minister for Law and National Development (Mr E. W. Barker): Mr Speaker, Sir, may I seek your consent and the general assent of hon. Members to move a motion for the suspension of Standing Orders to enable Parliament to adjourn earlier than eight o'clock tonight, namely, at seven o'clock?

Mr Speaker: I give my consent. Do I have the general assent of hon. Members for the Leader to move the motion as proposed?

Hon. Members indicated assent.

Resolved, "That notwithstanding the Standing Orders, this Parliament doth adjourn tonight at seven o'clock. -[Mr Barker].

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 13 May 1968. Republished on SGParliament.