LLOYD LAW COLLEGEIntroduces

Asian Parliamentary Debate

Venue :

Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida

th st27 Feb. to 1 Mar. 2020

I. LANGUAGE

The language of the Competition shall be in English only.

II. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The Competition shall be open for all the students affiliated to any recognized university of India.

III. STRUCTURE OF THE COMPETITION

The competition shall comprise of four stages:

(i) Stage 1 - Preliminary Rounds

This shall be open to all the teams who will register for the competition. There shall 4

preliminary rounds and the teams with most no. of wins and highest total speaker scores shall

proceed to Stage 2.

(ii) Stage 2- Pre- Semi finals

Top 8 teams of the preliminary rounds shall be eligible to participate in the Pre- Semifinals. It

will be a knock out round and the winner of each room will proceed to stage 3 of the

competition.

(iii) Stage 3- Semi finals

The winners of each rooms of the Quarter-finals shall be eligible to participate in the Semi-

finals round. It will also be a knock round and the winner from both the rooms will qualify for

the final stage of the competition.

(iv) Stage 4- Finals

The winners of both the rooms of Semifinals round shall be eligible to participate in the finals.

The team procuring the highest marks will be declared as the winner of the competition.

IV. TEAM COMPOSITION

1. Each team shall consist of maximum of 3 members. This no. cannot be modified under any

circumstances.

2. There can be a maximum of 2 adjudicators and minimum 1 accompanying the team. The

adjudicator shall be 'A' level Adjudicator.

3. Independent adjudicators are also eligible to participate in the competition. They shall also be

'A' level Adjudicators.

NOTE: Each team must contain at least 1 'A' Level adjudicator.

V. REGISTRATION

The participants must register online by 25/12/2019. Online registration will be open from

25/11/2020.The participants will receive an acknowledgment cum approval as confirmation their online

registration and participation periodically after registration. The teams will be registered on a first-cum-

first serve basis with a maximum of 24 teams.

Team Registration-

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Cross Team Registration

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RULES OF THE COMPETITION

Independent Adjudicators

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REGISTRATION AMOUNT:

(i) Without Accommodation

a) n+1= Rs.1800/-

b) n+2= Rs.2200

c) Independent Adjudicators = Rs. 300/-

(ii) With accommodation

a) n+1= Rs. 5000/-

b) n+2= Rs. 5500/-

c) Independent Adjudicators = Rs. 1500/-

where, n= no. of teams

Once online registration is done, no changes in names will be possible and the amount paid will be

nonrefundable. However, in exceptional circumstances, if a change is inevitable it might be made at the

discretion of the organizing committee.

VI. Accommodation

1. Accommodation will be provided to the teams from 27/02/2020 from 02:00 PM till

01/03/2020 11:00 AM.

2. If any team requires the accommodation on timings other than the ones specified above then

they need to pay an extra amount of Rs. 1000/- per room for each day. Also, the same

requirement is to be conveyed to the organizing committee atleast 7 days before the event.

3. No accommodation will be provided to the teams from the institutes in Delhi NCR.

VII. Rules and Regulations

1. PREPARATION

i. Match-ups and venues will be announced before motions are revealed.

ii. The debate should commence 20 minutes after the motion is announced

iii. Teams should arrive at their debate within five minutes of the scheduled starting time for that

debate.

iv. Members are permitted to use printed or written material during preparation and in the debate.

Printed material includes books, journals, newspapers and other similar materials. The use of

electronic equipment is not prohibited during preparation but in the debate.

2. TIMING OF THE SPEECHES-

i. It is the duty of the timekeeper, or of a panelist or Chair (in absence of a timekeeper), to time all

the speeches in each round.

ii. The timing of each speech starts at the moment that the member begins speaking.

3. TIMINGS OF SUBSTANTIVE SPEECHES

i. Preliminary Rounds: 6+1 minutes

ii. Quarter Finals: 6+1 minutes

iii. Semi-final: 7 + 1 minutes

iv. Finals: 8 + 1 minutes

v. Reply Speeches: 3+1 minutes in all Rounds, and 4+1minutes in the finals.

4. ADJUDICATOR'S TEST

i. The link of the video for adjudicator's test will be sent by mail to all the registered adjudicators.

ii. The Google form containing the question of the adjudicators test will also be sent via mail to all

the adjudicators.

iii. The mail will be sent on 22/02/2020 and the adjudicators must fill the Google form by

23/02/2020, latest by 6:59 pm.

iv. The adjudicators who will not participate in the adjudicators test will not be eligible to

participate in the competition.

v. There will be no changes with respect to the dates and timings of the test. However, the final

discretion rests with the organizing committee.

5. Time signals will be given in the following manner:

1. Preliminary Rounds

i. End of first minute - Single knock

ii. End of Fifth minute - Single knock

iii. End of sixth minute – Double knock

2. Quarter Finals

i. End of first minute- Single Knock

ii. End of sixth minute- Single Knock

iii. End of seventh minute- Double Knock

3. Semi-finals

i. End of first minute - Single knock

ii. End of seventh minute- Single knock

iii. End of eighth minute- Double knock

4. Finals:

i. End of first minute – Single knock

ii. End of eighth minute - Single knock

iii. End of ninth minute - Double knock

5. Reply Speeches:

i. End of third minute – Single knock

ii. End of forth minute – Double knock

6. Reply Speeches in the Grand Final:

i. End of fourth minute – Single knock

ii. End of fifth minute – Double knock

VII. PRIZES & CERTIFICATES

i. Winning Team: Cash Prize Rs.21000, Trophy and Certificate.

ii. Runner up Team: Cash Prize Rs.15000, Trophy and Certificate.

iii. Best Adjudicator: Cash Prize Rs.5000, Trophy and Certificate.

iv. Best Speaker: Cash Prize Rs.5000, Trophy and Certificate.

NOTE

1. All the participating team members shall be issued Certificate of Participation.

2. Evaluation of adjudicators is subjected to the discretion of organizers.

3. Certificate of participation will be provided to the adjudicators.

4. At any point of conflict the decision of the administration will be final & binding.

5. Any or all of the above rules, regulations, and guidelines are subject to change at the

discretion of the organizers.

v. 2nd Best Speaker: Cash Prize Rs. 3000, Trophy and Certificate.

IMPORTANT DATES

Opening date for Registration

Last date for registration

Adjudicator test

Registration at the venue, general rule briefing

and release of tabs and motions

Stage - I Round-1

Stage - I Round - 2

Lunch

Stage - II Round - 1

Stage - II Round - 2

Stage - III Round - 1

Stage - III Round - 2

Stage - IV Round - 1

Stage - IV Round - 2

Announcement of results of preliminary rounds

Pre Semi-finals

Result of Pre- Semi finals and release of tabs and

motion for semi-finals

Semi-finals

Lunch

Release of motions for finals

Finals

Valedictory

25/11/2019

25/12/2019

22/02/2020 to 23/02/2020

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CONTACT US

E-mail ID: apd@lloydlawcollege.edu.in

STUDENT COORDINATORS

MUSKAN DUBEY REHAN AHMAD7771872712 9631260687