Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00951:section:14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00951
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 14
Character Range: 10475–11793

14  Immunities from arrest and attendance before courts
 (1) A member:
 (a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and
 (b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;
on any day:
 (c) on which the House of which that member is a member meets;
 (d) on which a committee of which that member is a member meets; or
 (e) which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph (c) or (d).
 (2) An officer of a House:
 (a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and
 (b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;
on any day:
 (c) on which a House or a committee upon which that officer is required to attend meets; or
 (d) which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph (c).
 (3) A person who is required to attend before a House or a committee on a day:
 (a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and
 (b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;
on that day.
 (4) Except as provided by this section, a member, an officer of a House and a person required to attend before a House or a committee has no immunity from compulsory attendance before a court or a tribunal or from arrest or detention in a civil cause by reason of being a member or such an officer or person.