PART XIII-PRIVILEGES & IMMUNITIES

  1. No civil or criminal proceedings may be instituted against any Member for words spoken before, or written in a report to, the House or to a committee thereof, or by reason of any matter or thing so brought by him by petition, Bill, motion or otherwise.

  2. No Member shall be liable to arrest -

    1. for any civil debt whilst going to, attending at or returning from a sitting of the House or any committee thereof;

    2. within the precincts of Parliament while the House or a committee is sitting, for any criminal offence without the consent of the Speaker.

  3. No process issued by any court in the exercise of its jurisdiction shall be served or executed within the precincts of Parliament while Parliament is sitting or through the Speaker, the Secretary-General or any office of Parliament.

  4. A Member who has been suspended from the service of the House shall not enter or remain within the precincts of Parliament whilst such suspension remains in force, and if any such Member is found within the precincts of Parliament in contravention of this section, he may be forcibly removed therefrom by any officer thereof.

  5. The precincts of 'Parliament are those areas which, pursuant to these Standing Orders or to any other order of the House, are under the control and administration of the Speaker or President on behalf of the House.

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