Editing Point of order (section)

==Legislative use==

=== Australia ===
In the [[Australian House of Representatives]] a member may raise a point of order with the Speaker at any time,<ref name=SO86>S.O. 86, House of Representatives Standing Orders</ref> including interrupting another member who is speaking.<ref>S.O 66, House of Representatives Standing Orders</ref> Once raised a point of order results in the suspension of all other business until the Speaker has given a ruling.<ref name=SO86/> A member may dissent from the ruling of a speaker, which must be declared at once, a motion submitted in writing to that effect and the motion must be seconded. The Speaker must then propose the question, which is debatable.<ref>S.O. 87, House of Representatives Standing Orders</ref>

Deriving from British practice, and due to the requirement to remain seated during a division, in the [[Australian House of Representatives]] it continues to be customary for a member raising a point of order while the House is voting to hold a sheet of paper over the top of their head.<ref>{{cite web|title=House of Representatives Practice, 6th Ed – HTML version: Order of business and the sitting day|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/Practice6/Practice6HTML?file=Chapter8&section=09|website=Parliament of Australia|access-date=3 September 2016}}</ref>

=== India ===
In the Indian Parliament, both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, a point of order can raised in relation to the business before the House by any member of the parliament. The decision of the Chair is final and no debate is allowed on the point of order, though the Chair may hear members before giving the decision.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/rules/rulep27.pdf|title = GENERAL RULES OF PROCEDURE}}</ref>

=== Ireland ===
In the Irish [[Oireachtas]] (parliament), a point of order can be used in relation to order in the assembly. However, the ruling of the chair in this assembly cannot be appealed.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/committees30thdail/standingprocedureandprivilegesd/reports/20100525.pdf|title = Report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges on Parliamentary Standards|date = May 12, 2010|access-date = 2016-02-15|website = www.oireachtas.ie|quote = The Chair is the sole judge of order. A ruling of the Chair, once given, must be accepted and may be challenged only by way of substantive motion. It is grossly disorderly to cross-examine the Chair, by way of point of order or otherwise.|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101018150844/http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/committees30thdail/standingprocedureandprivilegesd/reports/20100525.pdf|archive-date = October 18, 2010|url-status = dead}}</ref>

=== United Kingdom === 
Until 1998 in the [[British House of Commons]], it was required that a member raising a point of order while the House is [[Division (vote)|voting]] must speak "seated and covered", i.e. wearing a hat.<ref name="scm">{{cite web |title=Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons Fourth Report |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmmodern/600iv/md0405.htm |website=parliament.uk |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> Two [[opera hat]]s were maintained in the House for this purpose,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Early day motion 1623 - TOP HATS AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE|url =https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/6214|website = UK Parliament|access-date = 2021-12-08}}</ref> with members of parliament sometimes covering their head with an [[Order Paper]] while the hat was retrieved.<ref name="scm"/> This practice was abolished in accordance with the findings of the [[Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = House of Commons Hansard Debates for 4 Jun 1998 (pt 19)|url = https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980604/debtext/80604-19.htm|website = www.publications.parliament.uk|access-date = 2016-02-15}}</ref> who said that the practice "has almost certainly brought the House into greater ridicule than almost any other, particularly since the advent of television".<ref name="scm"/>

=== United States ===
In the [[United States Senate]], the chair's ruling on a point of order may be appealed by any Senator.<ref>{{Cite web|title = QUESTIONS OF ORDER - Rules of the Senate - United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration|url = http://www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=RuleXX|website = www.rules.senate.gov|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref> Points of order with regard to the Budget Act or annual budget resolution may be waived by {{frac|3|5}} of the Senate's entire membership.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/97-865.pdf|title = Points of Order in the Congressional Budget Process|date = October 20, 2015|access-date = 2016-02-16|website = www.fas.org|publisher = Congressional Research Service|last = Saturno|first = James V.}}</ref> Rule XVI, which prohibits normal legislation in appropriations legislation, may be waived by {{frac|2|3}} of the Senate.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = APPROPRIATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS - Rules of the Senate - United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration|url = http://rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=RuleXVI|website = rules.senate.gov|access-date = 2016-02-15}}</ref>

The [[United States House of Representatives]] also allows points of order and appeals, although they are very rare following the abolishment of open rules in 2016, as they are routinely waived by the [[United States House Committee on Rules]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPRACTICE-112/pdf/GPO-HPRACTICE-112.pdf|title = HOUSE PRACTICE|date = 2011|access-date = 2016-02-16|website = www.gpo.gov|publisher = U.S. House of Representatives}}</ref>