Rule 44 - Advisory opinions upon request from the Governor or from the General Assembly(a)Request for an opinion. -A request from the Governor or from the General Assembly shall be regarded as confidential for a period of 5 days after receipt thereof, or until the request becomes public information, whichever first occurs.(b)Briefing and oral argument. -The request shall be docketed with the Clerk of the Court and, after designation of counsel, shall be processed through briefing and argument in the same manner as an appeal or as an original proceeding in the Supreme Court. Correspondence between the Governor, or the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as the case may be, and the Justices about the request shall be included in the docket which is public information.(c)Delivery and publication. -After the opinions are prepared, they shall be hand-delivered to the Governor or to the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as the case may be, and shall be regarded as confidential for a period of 5 days thereafter, or until the Governor or the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as the case may be, has released them, whichever first occurs.