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Chapter 2:08
PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND POWERS OF PARLIAMENT ACT
Acts 14/1971, 22/2001, 5/2014 and 3/2016.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Section
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
PART II
PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND POWERS GENERALLY
3 Privileges, immunities and powers generally
4 Privileges, immunities and powers to be judicially noticed
PART III
FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEBATE OR PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER PRIVILEGES &
IMMUNITIES
5 Freedom of speech and debate
6 Stay of proceedings in cases of privilege
7 Exemption from attendance at court
8 Exemption from liability for acts authorized by Parliament
PART IV
ATTENDANCE BEFORE PARLIAMENT AND EVIDENCE BEFORE PARLIAMENT & ELSEWHERE
9 Attendance before Parliament and evidence
10 Summonses
11 Witness expenses
12 Examination of witnesses
13 Stay of proceedings in cases against witnesses
14 Evidence of parliamentary proceedings, etc., not to be given elsewhere without leave
15 Admissibility of journals as evidence
PART V
CONTEMPTS WHICH ARE ALSO OFFENCES AT LAW
16 Jurisdiction of Parliament
17 Member not to vote on matters in which he has a direct pecuniary interest
18 Prohibition against fees, etc., for promoting or opposing proceedings in Parliament
19 False evidence before Parliament
20 Penalty for printing or tendering in evidence reports, etc., falsely purporting to be
printed under parliamentary authority
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