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2M  Sitting day
 (1) In any Act, a sitting day, in relation to a House of the Parliament, is a day on which the House actually sits.
 (2) However, if the House sat without adjourning on a previous day (the earlier sitting day), any period during which the House continues to sit, with or without a suspension, on a later day, until it adjourns, is taken to be part of the earlier sitting day.
Example 1: The Senate begins sitting at 9 am on Thursday and extends (with or without a suspension of the sitting) until it is adjourned at 3 pm on Friday. Thursday is a sitting day for the Senate but Friday is not. This example applies equally to the House of Representatives.
Example 2: The House of Representatives begins sitting at 9 am on Wednesday and extends (with or without a suspension of the sitting) until it is adjourned at 1 am on Thursday. The House of Representatives then starts sitting again at 10 am on Thursday and adjourns at 3 pm on Thursday. Both Wednesday and Thursday are sitting days for the House of Representatives. This example applies equally to the Senate.
 (3) For the purposes of this section, a House is taken to have adjourned if:
 (a) the Parliament is prorogued; or
 (b) that House is dissolved; or
 (c) if that House is the House of Representatives—that House expires.