Constitution Section 177 — Rights of Ministers and Advocate-General as respects the Houses

Part VI — THE STATES — General

Constitutional

Summary

Every Minister and the Advocate-General of a state is allowed to speak and participate in the meetings of the state's Legislative Assembly, or both Houses if there is a Legislative Council, as well as in any committee they are appointed to. However, this right does not give them the ability to vote in those proceedings.

Official Text

Every Minister and the Advocate-General for a State shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, the Legislative Assembly of the State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, both Houses, and to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, any committee of the Legislature of which he may be named a member, but shall not, by virtue of this article, be entitled to vote.