154Questions

154 Questions (1) A member may at a meeting ask a question for reply by another member or an officer or employee. (2) Such notice as the Mayor determines of a question under clause (1) is to be given to the member, officer or employee to whom it is directed to permit consideration of a reply and, if necessary, reference to other persons or documents.

Katherine Town Council By-laws 1998 78 (3) A question under clause (1) is to be asked categorically and without argument, and no discussion is to be permitted at the meeting in relation to a reply or a refusal to reply to the question. (4) Notwithstanding clause (2), a member, officer or employee of whom a question is asked may, at the meeting at which the question is asked, request that the question be taken on notice for the next ordinary meeting. (5) A member who asks a question at a meeting is deemed not to have spoken to the debate of the motion to which the question relates.