Thursday, November 1, 2007

Are the parliamentary privileges codified in India?

No law has so far been enacted by Parliament (and State Legislatures) in pursuance of clause (3) of articles 105/194 of the Constitution to define the powers, privileges and immunities available to each House and its members and the Committees thereof. In the absence of any such law, powers, privileges and immunities of the Houses of Parliament and State Legislatures, and of the members and the Committees thereof, 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. The Constitution Forty Fourth Amendment) Act, 1978 removed the reference to the House of Commons which was there earlier in clause 3 of articles 105 and 194.

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