The Secretary-General, or any other officer of Parliament nominated by the Secretary-General shall be the Secretary to each Committee save and except for Standing Order 85 (1) (a).
Each Committee may, when it considers necessary appoint sub-committees of its own Members to examine and report to such Committee on such matters within a period to be specified by such Committee. Such Committee may when it considers necessary authorize any such sub-committee for the performance of its duties to summon before it and question any person and call for and examine any paper, record or document and move from place to place for the fullest consideration of the matters referred to it and to meet notwithstanding any adjournment of Parliament.
Each sub-committee appointed under paragraph (2) above shall consist of a Chair and two or more Members nominated by the Committee from among its Members. Two Members, including the Chair of such sub-committee shall form the quorum.
The Secretary to any Committee may delegate an officer from among the staff to every sub-committee who shall prepare and maintain the minutes of every such sub-committee.
The report of a Committee or sub-committee shall be presented by the Chair or in the absence of the Chair by any other Member of the Committee authorized by the Chair.
Any Member of the Committee functioning as the Chair of one sub-committee shall not function in that capacity concurrently in any other sub-committee of such Committee.
When any report of a Committee is tabled in Parliament, the Parliament may order that the relevant Minister shall respond in relation to the contents of such report within a period of eight weeks. In relation to any report of the Committee on Public Accounts and Committee on Public Enterprises, the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance has to table the Government’s response. The relevant Ministers shall respond in respect of reports from other Committees.
A Committee and any sub-committee appointed by such Committee shall obtain permission from the Speaker to sit outside the Parliament.
A Committee shall have the power subject to the approval of the Speaker to appoint persons with specialized knowledge either to provide information or to elucidate matters of complexity within the Committee’s terms of reference and to remunerate such persons.
Every Committee and any sub-committee appointed by such Committee when so authorized by the Committee shall have the power to admit strangers to their meetings with the approval of the Speaker. Such strangers may be excluded when the Committee or sub-committee is deliberating.
The Chair of such Committee or sub-committee shall determine the procedure to be followed in the admission of strangers to the meetings.
The rules applicable in respect of visitors to the galleries of Parliament shall apply to strangers admitted to meetings of a Committee or sub-committee.
The Chair of a Committee or a sub-committee shall have the same powers as the Speaker in respect of maintaining order at the meetings of the Committee or sub-committee, as the case may be.
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fourth Session | Sub Committees
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fourth Session | Sub Committees
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fourth Session | Sub Committees
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fourth Session | Sub Committees
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fourth Session | Sub Committees
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