Part V · Disqualifications of Members

Article 105 Powers, privileges, etc., of the Houses of Parliament and of the members and committees thereof.

This article protects speech in Parliament. There is freedom of speech in Parliament, subject to the Constitution and the rules of procedure. No member is liable in any court for anything said or any vote given in Parliament or its committees. Publication under the authority of a House enjoys the same protection.

  1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and to the rules and standing orders regulating the procedure of Parliament, there shall be freedom of speech in Parliament.
  2. (2) No member of Parliament shall be liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him in Parliament or any committee thereof, and no person shall be so liable in respect of the publication by or under the authority of either House of Parliament of any report, paper, votes or proceedings.
  3. (3) In other respects, the powers, privileges and immunities of each House of Parliament, and of the members and the committees of each House, shall be such as may from time to time be defined by Parliament by law, and, until so defined, shall be those of that House and of its members and committees immediately before the coming into force of section 15 of the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978..
  4. (4) The provisions of clauses (1), (2) and (3) shall apply in relation to persons who by virtue of this Constitution have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, a House of Parliament or any committee thereof as they apply in relation to members of Parliament.

What it means

Plain words summary of the article above. Not legal advice.

This article protects speech in Parliament. There is freedom of speech in Parliament, subject to the Constitution and the rules of procedure. No member is liable in any court for anything said or any vote given in Parliament or its committees. Publication under the authority of a House enjoys the same protection. Other powers and privileges are defined by Parliament by law. Until so defined, they remain those the House held at the commencement of the Constitution.

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