Part VI · Procedure Generally
Article 212 Courts not to inquire into proceedings of the Legislature.
This article shields State Legislature proceedings from the courts. No court can question a proceeding of the Legislature for a claimed irregularity of procedure. The presiding officers who regulate procedure or keep order are also outside the courts' reach. Procedural complaints belong inside the Legislature. Courts step aside here.
- (1) The validity of any proceedings in the Legislature of a State shall not be called in question on the ground of any alleged irregularity of procedure.
- (2) No officer or member of the Legislature of a State in whom powers are vested by or under this Constitution for regulating procedure or the conduct of business, or for maintaining order, in the Legislature shall be subject to the jurisdiction of any court in respect of the exercise by him of those powers.
What it means
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This article shields State Legislature proceedings from the courts. No court can question a proceeding of the Legislature for a claimed irregularity of procedure. The presiding officers who regulate procedure or keep order are also outside the courts' reach. Procedural complaints belong inside the Legislature. Courts step aside here.