(1) All police officers and officers of Parliament shall aid and assist in—
(a) the execution of any warrant issued in terms of section twenty-three or thirtytwo;
(b) the arrest and detention of any person in pursuance of a verbal order such as is
referred to in section twenty-five.
(2) The person in charge of any prison or other place shall, on the production of a warrant
referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) directing that the person named in the warrant
be imprisoned in that prison or other place—
(a) receive the person into his custody in that prison or other place; and
(b) imprison him according to the tenor of the warrant.
27 Powers in relation to execution of warrants and orders
Subsection (2) of section 34, sections 35, 36, 37, 39 and 40, subsections (1), (2) and (4) of
section 41 and sections 43,44,45 and 46 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act
[Chapter 9:07] shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in relation to the execution of any warrant or
order referred to in subsection (1) of section twenty-six as if any reference to a peace officer
in those sections included a reference to an officer of Parliament charged with aiding and
assisting in the execution of the warrant or order.
PART VII
GENERAL
28 Protection in regard to parliamentary publications
(1) Upon the production to the presiding officer by any person against whom proceedings
are instituted for or on account of or in respect of the publication by him or on his behalf by
the order or authority of Parliament or a committee of any report, paper, minutes or
minutes of proceedings of a certificate by the Speaker stating that the report, paper,
minutes or minutes of proceedings were so published, the presiding officer shall
immediately stay the proceedings which shall thereupon be deemed to be finally
determined.
(2) A person against whom proceedings referred to in subsection (1) are instituted shall give
to the person by whom those proceedings are instituted not less than 24 hours’ notice of
his intention to produce any certificate referred to in that subsection.
29 Protection in regard to publication of extracts from parliamentary
publications
If, in any proceedings instituted for or on account of or in respect of the publication of an
extract from or abstract of any report, paper, minutes or minutes of proceedings such as are
referred to in section twenty-eight, the court is satisfied that the extract or abstract was
published bona fide and without malice, judgment shall be entered for the person against
whom the proceedings are instituted.
30 Unqualified person sitting or voting
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