Clause 5
Exemption from liability in certain cases
of Legislative Assembly (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Ordinance
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Clause 5
(1)
No member shall be liable to any civil or criminal proceedings, arrest, imprisonment, or damages by reason of any matter or thing which he may have brought before the Assembly or a committee by petition, bill, resolution, motion, or otherwise or may have said in the Assembly or in committee.
(2)
No person shall be liable to any civil or criminal proceedings, arrest, imprisonment or damages by reason of any act done under the authority of the Assembly or the Speaker and within its or his legal powers or under any warrant issued by virtue of those powers.