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See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by akubudejud(m): 3:42pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
History During medieval times, the Royal Serjeants-at-Arms were distinguished by their power of arrest without a warrant. To an increasing extent, their Maces - originally ordinary weapons of war, similar to a club - became their emblems of authority. They were stamped with the Royal Arms; and in an age in which few men could read or write, the Serjeants effected their arrests by showing their Maces and not by producing any form of written warrant. The evolution of maces from weapons of war to symbolic representations has seen the flanged head decrease in size into an ornamental bracket, while the butt end, which carried the Royal Arms, has expanded to accommodate larger and more ornate Royal Arms and an arched crown surmounted by an orb and cross. As a result of the expansion of the butt end, maces began to be carried upside down with the crown uppermost. Symbolism and Use of the Mace The Mace of the House of Representatives is the symbol not only of the Royal authority but of the authority of the House. As it has been stated that 'the authority of the Speaker and of the House are indivisible', it also symbolises the authority of the Speaker. Before the election of a Speaker, the Mace is placed on brackets under the Table of the House and as soon as the Speaker takes his or her seat after being elected by the House, it is placed on rests on the Table (Standing Order 12). When the Speaker is in the Chair, the Mace lies on the Table, with the orb and cross surmounting it pointing to the government side, that is, to the Speaker's right. The only time that the Mace is not removed from the Table when the Speaker leaves the Chair is when he or she has temporarily suspended a sitting of the House (perhaps for a meal break). The Mace remains on the Table during the whole of the suspension. The Serjeant-At-Arms is custodian of the Mace. Bearing the Mace upon the right shoulder, the Serjeant-at-Arms precedes the Speaker when the Speaker enters and leaves the Chamberat the beginning and the end of a day's sitting. The Mace, carried by the Serjeant-at-Arms, has become an important symbol of the authority of the Speaker and of the House itself. There is a view that the House is not properly constituted unless the Mace is present on the brackets in the Chamber. The Mace also accompanies the Speaker on formal occasions such as his or her presentation to the Governor-General after election, when the House goes to the Senate to hear the Governor-General's opening speech, and on the presentation to the Governor-General of the Address in Reply to the opening speech. On these occasions, the Mace is covered with a cloth or left in an antechamber before entering the Governor-General's presence. Being the symbol of the Royal authority, the Mace is unnecessary in the presence of the authority itself.
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Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by akubudejud(m): 3:45pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
The Current Mace in Australia...... The current Mace of the House of Representatives was presented by a delegation of the House of Commons in 1951 after King George VI had directed 'that a Mace, a symbol of the Royal authority, should be presented, on behalf of the Commons House of the Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to mark the Jubilee year of the Commonwealth's foundation'.
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Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by akubudejud(m): 3:54pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
The abuse of MACE in Nigeria....!
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Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by Dioxidane: 4:27pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
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Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by Dreal1247: 4:32pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
Why is it that most good things are abused in Nigeria? 1 Like |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by UncleSnr(m): 6:48pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
Lalasticlala, Ishilove, kindly educate others |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by lalasticlala(m): 6:53pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
UncleSnr: No Source |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by apogeez(m): 6:57pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
After much more kedu nke mere last |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by tociano009(m): 7:04pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by UncleSnr(m): 8:15pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
lalasticlala:Okay oh |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by UncleSnr(m): 10:55pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
akubudejud:Just put sauce abeg! |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by IGBOSON2: 11:06pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
The mace evolved from a weapon of war?.....I'm guessing that was the medieval club or battle-axe! Explains why Chidi Lloyd could deploy it with such devastating effect on a poor lawmakers head! |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by Dannyset(m): 11:16pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
Ordinary carved wood or metal that makes our elderly men to foool themselves on National TV. Source won't put Lalasticlala into the wahala this mace has caused our HoR. |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by Nobody: 11:16pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
IGBOSON2:No wonder the parliament is always at war!!! But it is part of the beauty of democracy 2 Likes |
Re: See Why The National Assembly Is Powerless Without The Mace In The House! by ZeezaRapture(m): 12:43am On Jun 27, 2015 |
Kk |
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