Chapter 4: Parliament
democracy;
(c) � financial and administrative assistance to each party represented in the
Assembly in proportion to its representation, to enable the party and its leader
to perform their functions in the Assembly effectively; and
(d) � the recognition of the leader of the largest opposition party in the Assembly as
the Leader of the Opposition.
Privilege
58.
(1)
Cabinet members, Deputy Ministers and members of the National Assembly—
(a) � have freedom of speech in the Assembly and in its committees, subject to its
rules and orders; and
(b) � are not liable to civil or criminal proceedings, arrest, imprisonment or damages
for—
(i) � anything that they have said in, produced before or submitted to the
Assembly or any of its committees; or
(ii) � anything revealed as a result of anything that they have said in,
produced before or submitted to the Assembly or any of its committees.
(2) � Other privileges and immunities of the National Assembly, Cabinet members and
members of the Assembly may be prescribed by national legislation.
(3) � Salaries, allowances and benefits payable to members of the National Assembly are
a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund.
[S. 58 amended by s. 4 of the Constitution Sixth Amendment Act of 2001.]
Public access to and involvement in National Assembly
59.
(1)
The National Assembly must—
(a) � facilitate public involvement in the legislative and other processes of the
Assembly and its committees; and
(b) � conduct its business in an open manner, and hold its sittings, and those of its
committees, in public, but reasonable measures may be taken—
(i) � to regulate public access, including access of the media, to the Assembly
and its committees; and
(ii) � to provide for the searching of any person and, where appropriate, the
refusal of entry to, or the removal of, any person.
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