Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Constitution Act 1975 - SECT 40

Quorum of Assembly

40. Quorum of Assembly



(1) The Assembly shall not proceed to the dispatch of business unless there be
present exclusive of the Speaker at least twenty of the members.

(2) Subject to section 18 all questions arising in the Assembly shall be
decided by a majority of members present other than the Speaker and when the
votes are equal the Speaker shall have a casting vote.

(3) The Chairman of Committees shall be the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.

Division 7-Provisions applicable to both the Council and the Assembly