TCI Constitution

Standing Committees 64. (1) The House of Assembly shall establish at least two Standing Committees of the House (in addition to the Appropriations Committee and the Public Accounts Committee established by this Constitution), each of which shall be charged with responsibility for monitoring the conduct of business of the Government for which responsibility has been assigned to a Minister or Ministers under section 36(1). (2) Each Standing Committee shall consist of members of the House of Assembly who are not Ministers. (3) The composition of each Standing Committee shall, so far as possible, ensure that the representation of political parties in the Committee is proportionate to the numerical strength of those parties in the House of Assembly. (4) At least one Standing Committee shall be presided over by a member of the House of Assembly in opposition to the Government. (5) Each Standing Committee shall have power— (a) to summon any Minister, or any public officer of a department of government for which a Minister is responsible, to appear before it; (b) subject to any law or Standing Orders, to require any person so summoned to answer questions and provide information about the conduct of business of the Government by the Minister or department concerned; and (c) to report on its activities to the House of Assembly. © Crown Copyright 2014 Copying/unauthorised distribution strictly prohibited. Printed under Authority by The Regional Law Revision Centre Inc. www.lawrevision.ai  LAWS OF TURKS & 54 CAP. 1.01 Constitution CAICOS ISLANDS Consolidation Date: 31 Dec 2014 (6) The House of Assembly shall publish reports submitted to it under subsection (5)(c). (7) Subject to this section, Standing Orders shall provide for the composition and functions of, and proceedings and conduct of business before, Standing Committees. Oaths by members of House of Assembly 65. No member of the House of Assembly shall be permitted to take part in the proceedings of the House, other than proceedings necessary for the purposes of this section, until he or she has made and subscribed before the House an oath of allegiance in the form set out in the Schedule to this Constitution; but the election of a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker may take place before the members of the House make such oath.