Immunity from 116.
witness summons
Neither any member of the National Assembly nor the clerk of the
National Assembly shall be compelled while attending the
National Assembly to appear as a witness in any court or place
outside the National Assembly.
Immunity from 117.
jury service
Neither any member of the National assembly nor the Clerk of the
National assembly shall be required to serve as on a jury court.
Immunity for 118.
Publication of
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, no person shall be
under any civil or criminal liability in respect of the publication
of(a)
the text or a summary of any report, papers,
minutes, votes or proceedings of the National
Assembly’
(b)
a contemporaneous report of the proceedings of the
National assembly, unless it is shown that the
publication was effected maliciously or otherwise in
want of good faith.
Proceedings
Privileges of 119.
witnesses
CHAPTER VIII
THE JUDICATURE
(1)
Every person summoned to give evidence or to produce
any paper, book, record, or other document before the
National Assembly or any committee of the National
Assembly shall be entitled, in respect of his or her evidence
or the production of such document as the case may be, to
the same privileges as if he or she were appearing before a
court.
(2)
Where the President or any member of the Cabinet certifies
that the disclosure of the contents of any document sought
by the National assembly or a committee of the National
Assembly will be injurious to the public interest or
prejudicial to the security of the State, the National
assembly or such committee shall only give consideration
to such document in private and under such conditions as
will prevent the disclosure of the contents of such
document outside the National Assembly or the committee
as the case maybe, and shall not publish the document or its
contents.
(3)
An answer by a person to a question put by the National
Assembly shall not be admissible evidence against him or
her in any civil or criminal proceedings outside the
National assembly other than proceedings of perjury
brought under the criminal law.