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BRITISH GUIANA .

FIRST LfilISLATIVE ASSiilliffiLY SECOND SESSION 1962.

-1963 MINUTES of the Proceedings of the 39th Sitting o the Legislative of the Colony of British Guiana under the British Assembly Guiana (Constitut Chamber of the Legislature Georgetown, Demerara, ion) Order in Council, 961, held in the at the Public Buildings , AT 2..00 P.M. on FRIDAY, 24TH lVIAY, PRESENT:.

His Honour the Speaker, Mr. R.B.

Gajraj.


(a)Members of the Governr:1ent People's Progressive Party (i)Ministers Dr. t�e Honourable C.B.

Jagan, Premier and Minister of Developnent The Honourable Minister B.H.

Benn, of Agriculture, Forests an The Honourable Ram Karran, Minister of Works and Hydraulics.

The Honourable R. Chandisingh, Minister of Labour, Health and Housi Dr. the Honourable Charles Jacob, Jr., Minister of Finance •.

Dr. the Honourable F.H.W.

Ra.msahoye, .


The Honourable Attorney�General E.M.G.

Wilson, Minister of Cot1munications.

(ii)Parliamentary Secretaries Mr. G. Bowman, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

-Mr. L.E.M.

Mann, Parliament ary Secretar to the Ministry of Education and Social Dev lopment.

Mr. S.M.

Saffee, Parliamentary Secretary to tra Ministry of .Agriculture, Forests and Lands.

(i.ti) Other Members Mr. M. Bhagwan Mr. J.B. Caldeif'a Mr. V. Downer Mr. M. Hamid .Mr.
D.C. Jaga.n Mr. H •.

Lall Mr. M. Shakoor (b)Members i People's Constitutithe Minori National CongressJ Mr. L.F.S, Burnham, Q.C.

Mr. W .O.R.

:bmall, Deputy Spaaker.

Mr. J. Carter, Q.C .. Mr. E.F. Correia Mr. N�J.

Bissember Mr. W.A • .Blair Mr. n.s.s.

Mr. J.G.

Joaquin Hugh 1 Mr. R .J •.

Jordan Mr• C.A.

Merrillan Mr', H.M.S.

Wharton (ii)United Force Mr, P.S.

d1Aguiar Mr. S •.

Campbell Mr. R.E.

Cheek& Mr. E.E.

Melville , -Mr. E.V.

Viapree Ag.)

Clerk of the Legislature Senior Clerk -Mr. B.M.


Viapree Absent, - Mr. G •.

L. Robertson Mr. B.S.

Rai.

- leave due to illness.· PRAYERS The Clerk read prayers.

ANNOUNClllBNTS BY THE SPEJI.KER His Honour the Speaker stated ttat M.r •• L. Robertson, Member for Leonora, ha.d been granted one month's leave due toil ess.

fRESENTATION OF PAPERS AND REPORTS, E TC.


While the Honourable the Premier and Min·ster of was addressing the Assembly, under· "Privileges"; he referred to certain firul,l stages of the previous disr�spectful to the Speaker, as sitting wh'ich he alleged were contemptuous a result of ruling given by him.· a1 ts by ·some Members during the of and Mr', d'Aguiar int�rrupted Development and Planning to raise a'point of order that the At this stage, �&r.
Saffee rose on a poin of order and submitted statement being made by Mr. d 'Aguiar did not bonstitute a point of order.

His Honour the Speaker said it was the prerogative of the Ohair to rule on a :Qoint of orderfi;hat Mr, d'Aguiar was entitled to proceed, Mr, di.Aguiar �roceeded to exhibit certail photograpm in the Guiana Graphic of the 23rd M:l.y, 1963, showing the alleged contempt�ous and attitude of certain Members to �he Speaker as·he was passing through and Daily Chronicle disrespectful the Lobby.
At this stage, Mr, D. Jagan rose on a point of order and submitted that the misconduct to which Mr. dfAguiar was ·nvi�ing attentio_n, could be on]Jr on a substantive motion under Standing Order 35(8).

alleged questioned Mr. Burnham interposed to say that it wa not possible to determine whether Mt-.

di.Aguiar would not move a.


"Privilege his statement had finished on the question of "privilege"• under Stand-ing Order 26 until he 11 Motidn Hia Honour the Speaker said tba t he did not consider that Mr. d 'Aguiar was in terms of Standing Order 26 opportunity.
had previously urider a motion of privil�ge stated that evei:cy Member had the right to refer to and practice and to direct any such breach to the attention As regards Standing Order 35(8), this raising the question as Mr. dlAguiar breaches of procedure of the Chair at the �arliest stipulated that the ment,.

Members of either Chamber or other persons performing judicial functions substantive would find that it referred to conduct might be limiting the Chair.
It seemed to him that if any M3mber wished to refer to a breach of conduct should hear him and there­ by another Member, the Assembly fore Mr. dfAguiar should be allowed to continue and be as brief as possible.
Admin:Lstering the Govern­ of too Legis ure, Judges of the Supreme Oourt shall not be raised except upon a. but wren one read through the Order, one that which �rhaps bore upon the judiciary conduct of the Governor o Officer motion moved for the purpose 2 Mr. dll.guiar further went on to sa:y tha the Members involved in the should not be peroitted to participate in the they lnd purge themselves of such mis­ of the Asser.ibly until apology, depending on of t he Members conberned and trat he would serve notices for the alleged acts of misconduct business by an unequivocal conduct suspension of· the services 1 s ruling.
His Honour The Honourable the Attorney-General 1 .Aguiar had raised said trat fflr.

d no point of order in connection with the "Pre entation of Papers and Re:pqrts, 11 eto.

and if he had wished to raise a substan ive motion for the suspension �mbers the procedures were there for hisguida.nce.
Ile was greatly shooked and perturbed Assembly from proceeding in accordance nothing justified of , naive attempt to prevent the business of tl):l with S anding Order 12, which was and he di<i not think His Honour was else but clear obstruction· by Jir.

d 'Aguiar•s in allowing it.


I Hia Honour the Speaker said that there was no intention of the Chair to because had been comraitted prevent the business of Mr. d•�uiar to intervene oonduot was incontestable, A.a far as the incidents referred disappointment control move a substantive and let the Assembly decide� of themselves.
the .assenbly from prooeeding but he had allowed he had raised a point that where a breacA of in the ASsembly, it was the right, and that right of any Member to bring it o the attention of the Chair.

to were concerned, it was a ·matter of to him and the Office he held that Members should have lost to way to deal with the mtter 1 AgUiar ?Ould be prepared that Mt'.

d motion which -..rould be � He un:lerstood � cJi-: 7 By the Premier and Minister of Development and Planning, Proclamation No.
8 of 1963 issued by.

His .Excellency the on the 22nd Mly, 1963, decl i.ng the existence Governor for the purposes of a state of public emergency Article 14 of 'the Ccnstitution of British Guiana.

of J ADJOURNMENT At 3 .oo p .m.

on a rno:tion by the Honourabl� Minister of Agriculture, was adjourre d 'tO ' 2.00 p.m. on Tuesdey, the Lands, the .assembly Forests and 28th of :Ml.y, 1963.

PUBLIC BUILDJNGS, Georgetown.