(i) It shall not bring in any name or statement not strictly necessary to make the question intelligible ;
(ii) If it contains a statement by the member, the member asking it shall himself be responsible for the accuracy of the statement;
(iii) It shall not be excessively length ;
(iv) It shall not contain arguments, inferences, ironical or offensive expressions, imputations, epithets or defamatory statements ;
(v) It shall not be asked for an expression of opinion or for the solution of a legal question, or a hypothetical proposition ;
(vi) It shall not refer to the character or conduct of any person except in his official or public capacity, nor relate to individual cases, unless a matter of principle is involved ;
(vii) It shall not repeat in the same session in substance questions already answered or to which an answer has been refused ;
(viii) It shall not ask for information which is available in accessible documents or in ordinary works of reference ;
(ix) It shall not ask for information on a matter which is under adjudication by a Court of Law having jurisdiction in any part of India;
(x) It shall not refer to the conduct of any judge or a Court of Law having jurisdiction in any part of India in relation to his or its judicial functions;
(xi) It shall not make or imply a charge of a personal, character;
(xii) It shall not ask for information on matters of limited importance or on vague or meaningless matters, nor information of too many details;
(xiii) It shall not relate to day-to-day administration of local bodies or other semi-autonomous bodies. The Speaker may, however, allow questions which arise out of their relationship with the Government or relate to breaches of law or rules or to important matters of public interest;
(xiv) It shall not refer to debates in the current session ;
(xv) It shall not criticise decisions of the House ;
(xvi) It shall not seek information about matters, which in their nature are secret, such as, decision on Proceedings of the Council of Ministers, advice given to the Lieutenant Governor by Law Officers and other similar subjects ;
(xvii) It shall not deal with a matter before a Committee or with matters within the jurisdiction of the Chairman of a Committee or the authorities of the House ;
(xviii) It shall not deal with a matter which is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Speaker ;
(xix) It shall not relate to a statement made by a private individual or a non-official body;
(xx) It shall not reflect on the character or conduct of those persons whose conduct may only be challenged on a substantive motion;
(xxi) It shall not raise questions of policy too large to be dealt with within the limits of an answer to a question;
(xxii) It shall primarily relate to one department;
(xxiii) In matters which are, or have been, the subject of correspondence between the Central Government and the Government, no question shall be asked except as to matters of fact and the answer shall be confined to a statement of facts ;
(xxiv) It shall not enquire about matters pending before any statutory tribunal or statutory authority performing any judicial or quasi-judicial functions or any Commission or Court of Inquiry appointed to enquire into or investigate any matters, but may refer to matters concerned with procedure or scope or stage of inquiry, if it is not likely to prejudice the consideration of the matter by the Tribunal, Statutory authority, Commission or Court of Enquiry.
Section 31 • The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Legislature Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, 1997
31. Admissibility of Questions.
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