Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion

The motion

Motion (parliamentary procedure)

In parliamentary procedure, a motion is a formal proposal by a member of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action. In a parliament, this is also called a parliamentary motion and includes legislative motions, budgetary motions, supplementary budgetary motions, and petitionary...

of request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion is made if the maker of the motion wishes to withdraw or change it after it has been stated by the chair.

Explanation and Use

Before it has been stated by the chair, permission is unnecessary. However, a person who seconded the motion before it was modified is allowed to withdraw the second.

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