PART V THE UNION CHAPTER II.- PARLIAMENT Power, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and
its Members
105. Powers, privileges, etc., of the Houses of Parliament and of the members
and committees thereof.-
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and to the
rules and standing orders regulating the procedure of Parliament, there shall be freedom
of speech in Parliament.
(2) No member of Parliament shall be liable to any proceedings in
any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him in Parliament or any
committee thereof, and no person shall be so liable in respect of the publication by or
under the authority of either House of Parliament of any report, paper, votes or
proceedings.
(3) In other respects, the powers, privileges and immunities of each House of
Parliament, and of the members and the committees of each House, shall be such as may from
time to time be defined by Parliament by law, and, until so defined, _85[shall be those of
that House and of its members and committees immediately before the coming into force of
section 15 of the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978].
(4) The provisions of
clauses (1), (2) and (3) shall apply in relation to persons who by virtue of this
Constitution have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of,
a House of Parliament or any committee thereof as they apply in relation to members of
Parliament. |