The Assembly of French Guyana shall meet at the initiative of its President, at least once every three months, at the capital of the territorial community or at any other location chosen by the Standing Committee.
The President may decide that the meeting of the Assembly of French Guiana shall be held in several places, by videoconference. When the meeting of the assembly of French Guiana is held by videoconference, the quorum is assessed on the basis of the presence of councillors to the assembly of French Guiana in the various places by videoconference. Votes may only be taken by public ballot. If a request for…
The Assembly of French Guiana is also convened at the request of: 1° The standing committee; 2° Or one third of its members on a specific agenda, for a period that may not exceed two days. The same councillor to the Assembly of French Guyana may not submit more than one request for a meeting per six-month period. In the event of exceptional circumstances, the councillors to the Assembly of…
Sessions of the Assembly of French Guyana shall be public. However, at the request of five members or the President, the Assembly may decide, without debate, by an absolute majority of the members present or represented, that it shall meet in camera. Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Chairman by article L. 7122-12, these sittings may be broadcast by audiovisual communication media.
The chairman alone is responsible for policing the assembly. He may have any individual who disturbs order expelled from the auditorium or arrested. In the event of a crime or misdemeanour, he draws up a report and the matter is immediately referred to the public prosecutor.
The minutes of each meeting, drawn up by one of the secretaries, are approved at the beginning of the following meeting and signed by the Chairman and the secretary. The minutes shall contain the date and time of the sitting, the names of the Chairman, the members of the Assembly present or represented and the secretary or secretaries of the sitting, the quorum, the agenda for the sitting, the resolutions…
The Assembly of French Guyana may not deliberate unless the absolute majority of its members in office are present. However, if on the day fixed by the notice convening the Assembly does not meet in sufficient number to deliberate, the meeting is held ipso jure three days later and the deliberations are then valid regardless of the number of those present. Subject to the provisions of articles L. 7123-1, L….
Votes are taken by open ballot whenever one-sixth of the members present so request. In the event of a tie, the President shall have the casting vote. Nonetheless, votes on appointments shall always take place by secret ballot in cases where the law or regulations expressly provide for this. In other cases, the Assembly of French Guyana may decide unanimously not to proceed with nominations by secret ballot. The results…
A councillor to the Assembly of French Guiana who is unable to attend a meeting may give a voting delegation, for that meeting, to another member of the Assembly. A councillor to the Assembly of French Guiana may only receive one delegation.
The deliberations of the assembly of French Guyana, as well as those of its standing committee when they are taken by delegation of the assembly, are published in the same forms. Any person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the public meetings of the assembly of French Guyana, the deliberations of the standing committee, the budgets and accounts of the territorial authority as well…
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