i) Members of the managerial, administrative and supervisory bodies of
public companies, institutions and associations.
2. The office of Member is equally incompatible with:
a) The exercise of paid public duties in direct or indirect state administrative
bodies;
b) The exercise of duties as a director, manager or any other corporate office
in companies and other profit-making institutions;
c) Engagement in judicial-employment relations with foreign companies or
international organisations;
d) The exercise of duties which prevent active participation in the work of
the National Assembly, except those of party leader, teacher or others
recognised as exceptions by the National Assembly;
e) The emergence of conditions resulting in ineligibility after election;
f) The exercise of other functions which, under the terms of the law, are
considered incompatible with the office of Member.
3. The performance or appointment to any of these duties or positions stipulated
in this Article shall be a justifiable reason for delaying taking up office as a
Member.
Article 150
(Immunities)
1. Members shall not be liable, in civil, criminal or disciplinary terms, for the
votes or opinions they express at meetings or on committees or working
parties of the National Assembly in the exercise of their duties.
2. Members may not be detained or imprisoned without the authorisation of the
National Assembly or, if outside its normal working hours, the Standing
Committee, unless caught in flagrante delito committing a felony punishable
by a prison sentence of over two years.
3. Once criminal proceedings have been instigated against a Member and they
have been accused by indictment or equivalent, unless caught in flagrante
delito committing a felony, a plenary sitting of the National Assembly must
rule on the suspension of the Member and the removal of immunity in order
to allow the case to proceed.
Article 151
(Suspension from office and temporary substitution)
1. Members shall be suspended from office in the following cases:
a) For holding a public post incompatible with the office of a Member, under
the terms of the Constitution;
b) Due to illness lasting more than ninety days;
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