Section 48 in Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha
48. Mode of asking questions.
(1)When the time for asking questions arrives, the Speaker shall call successively each member in whose name a question appears on the list of questions.(2)The member so called shall rise in one's own place and, unless the member expresses unwillingness to ask the question standing in the name of such member, ask the question by reference to its number on the list of questions.(3)If on a question being called it is not asked [or] [Substituted by L.S. Bn. (II), dated 19.3.2010, para 1265.] the member in whose name it stands is absent, the Speaker may [ * * * ] [Omitted by L.S. Bn. (II), dated 19.3.2010, para 1265.] direct that the answer to it be given.
