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Censure motion, is a motion moved against the government censuring its policy in some direction or an individual minister or ministers of the Government, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 775.In France too, a motion of no-confidence is called the motion of caesure and when it is adopted by the National Assembly, the Government has to resign, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, pp. 396, 397.The government is under obligation to allow time for this motion and it invariably allots an early day for the discussion, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 280, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 83.Is usually moved by the leader of opposition, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundy, p. 775.In the House of Commons, a motion of no-confidence in the Government is called a censure motion, Parliamentary Practic...
Adjournment Motion
Adjournment Motion, means a motion for discussing 'a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration'. Wilding and Laundry, the Office of the Speaker in Parliament of Commonwealth, p. 247. 'Adjourn motion' is a motion which can be moved by any member of the House and is in the nature of emergency motion of censure upon the government. Wilding and Laundry -- The Office of the Speaker in Parliament of Commonwealth, p. 9.The object is to draw the attention of the Govern-ment to a matter of urgent public importance so as to criticize the decision of Government in an urgent matter in regard to which a motion or resolution with proper notice will be too late. Kaul and Shakdher -- Practice and Procedure of Parliament, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 496.If the Speaker gives his consent after satisfying himself that the matter to be raised is definite urgent and of public importance and holds that the matter proposed to be discussed is in order, he shall call the member concerned who sh...
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