50. Public access to Parliament An Act of Parliament must provide for public involvement in the legislative and other processes of Parliament subject to reasonable measures regulating refusal of entry and access of the media. 51. Parliamentary privilege (1) Every Member of Parliament is entitled to freedom of speech in Parliament and its committees and no Member of Parliament is liable to civil or criminal proceedings, arrest, imprisonment or damages for anything said in, or produced before or submitted to Parliament or any of its committees. (2) An Act of Parliament may provide for other privileges and immunities of Members of Parliament. 52. Oath or affirmation of Members Parliament Every Member of Parliament must, before taking his or her seat, take and subscribe before the Chief Justice in the chamber in which he or she will sit, the oath or affirmation of allegiance in the form prescribed in the First Schedule. 53. Quorum in Parliament The quorum of each Chamber of Parliament is one - third of its total membership. 54. Voting in Parliament (1) Except as otherwise provided for by this Constitution, any question proposed for decision in any Chamber of Parliament must be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting. (2) The person presiding in any Chamber of Parliament will not have either an original or a casting vote and if on any question before a chamber the votes are equally divided, the motion is lost. (3) Voting in Parliament is by secret ballot. (4) Members of Cabinet are appointed in terms of paragraph (b) of sub-section 3 of section 84 are entitled to attend and participate in sessions of Parliament but with no right to vote. 55. Standing Orders 33