• Advisor means a person appointed under Article-25 of Order;
  • Advocate General means the Advocate General appointed under Article 32 of Order;
  • Amendment means a motion to amend an earlier motion before that earlier motion is put to the Assembly for its decision;
  • Article means Article of the Order;
  • Assembly means the Legislative Assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan;
  • Auditor General means the Auditor General of Gilgit-Baltistan mentioned under Article-83 of Order;
  • Bill means a motion for making a law;
  • Budget means a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure laid before the Assembly under Article 56 of the Order;
  • Calling Attention Notice means a notice given by a Member to call the attention of a Minister to any matter of urgent public importance;
  • Chief Minister means the Chief Minister elected under Article 23 of Order;
  • Committee means a Committee constituted under these rules and includes a special committee appointed by the Assembly;
  • Deputy Speaker means Deputy Speaker of the Assembly;
  • Finance Minister means the Minister of Finance appointed by the Governor on advice of Chief Minister to perform the functions of Minister of Finance of Government or any other Minister acting as such;
  • Gazette means the official Gazette of Gilgit-Baltistan;
  • Government means the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan;
  • Governor means the Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan;
  • House means the Legislative Assembly of the Gilgit-Baltistan;
  • Leader of Opposition means a member who, in the opinion of the Speaker, is for the time being leader of the majority of the members in the Opposition;
  • Leader of the House means the Chief Minister or any other most senior Minister designated in this behalf;
  • Lobby means the rooms and covered corridors adjourning the chamber and designated as Division Lobbies by the Speaker;
  • Law Minister means a Provincial Minister to whom the business of Law and Parliamentary Affairs has been allotted;
  • Meeting means a Meeting of the Assembly;
  • Member means a Member of the Assembly;
  • Member-in-charge means, in the case of a Government Bill, any Minister acting on behalf of the Provincial Government, and in the case of a private Member’s Bill, the Member who has introduced it or any other Member authorised by him, in writing, to assume the charge of the Bill in his absence;
  • Minister means a Provincial Minister appointed under Article 24 of the Order;
  • Motion means a proposal made by a Member relating to any matter which may be discussed by the Assembly and includes a Resolution and an Amendment;
  • Mover means the mover of a Bill, a resolution, a motion or an amendment of a Bill, a resolution or a motion and in the case of a Government Bill, a resolution, a motion or an amendment, a Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary acting on behalf of the Government;
  • Order means the Gilgit-Baltistan (Empowerment & Self Governance) Order, 2009;
  • Orders of the Day means the list of business to be brought before the Assembly for consideration and decision at its sitting on any day;
  • Precincts of the Assembly Includes the Chamber, the Lobbies, the galleries and such other places as the Speaker may, from time to time, specify;
  • Presiding Officer means in relation to a sitting of the Assembly, any person who is presiding over that sitting;
  • Private member means a member who is not a Minister,
  • Resolution means a motion for the purpose of discussing and expressing an opinion on a matter of general public interest;
  • Rules means the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Rules of Procedure & Conduct of Business, 2017;
  • Schedule means a Schedule appended to these rules;
  • Secretary means the Secretary of the Assembly and includes any person for the time being performing the duties of the Secretary;
  • Session means the period commencing on the day of the first meeting of the Assembly after having been summoned and ending on the day the Assembly is prorogued or dissolved;
  • Sitting means the meeting of the   Assembly or any of its Committees from the commencement of its business to the termination of the business for the day;
  • Speaker means speaker of the Assembly;
  • Starred question means a question for an oral answer, and un-starred question means a question for a written answer;
  • Table means the table of the House;
  • Technocrat means a person elected under Article-35 (1) (c) of the Order.