Article 61 Duties of Chairman (ILC Standing Orders)

Description: (ILC Standing Orders)
Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects, Section H - Committees of the Conference. Adopted on 21 November 1919 at the First Session of the Conference. Revised and consolidated at the 27th Session. The present text of this article includes all amendments adopted up to the 85th Session, 1997.

ARTICLE 61

Duties of the Chairman

1. The Chairman shall declare the opening and close of the sittings. Before proceeding to the agenda, he shall bring before the committee any communications which may concern it.

2. The Chairman shall direct the debates, maintain order, ensure the observance of the Standing Orders, accord or withdraw the right to address the committee in accordance with the provisions of the Standing Orders, put questions to the vote and announce the result of the vote.

3. The Chairman shall have the right to take part in the discussions and to vote except when replaced on the committee by a substitute, but he shall not have a casting vote.

4. In the absence of a Chairman during a sitting or any part thereof, the Vice-Chairmen shall preside alternately.

5. A Vice-Chairman acting as Chairman shall have the same rights and duties as the Chairman.