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(5) No proceedings shall be initiated in any court against any person in respect
of the publication, under the authority granted by any House of the Federal
Parliament, of any document, report, vote or proceeding.
Explanation: For the purposes of this clause and clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4), "House"
means the House of Representatives or the National Assembly, and includes a joint
sitting or committee or joint committee of the Federal Parliament.
(6) No member of the Federal Parliament shall be arrested during the period
from the issuance of a notice summoning the session to its prorogation.
Provided that nothing in this clause shall be deemed to prevent the arrest under
the federal law of any member on a criminal charge. In case any member is so
arrested, the authority making such arrest shall forthwith give information thereof to
the person presiding over the concerned House.
(7) Any breach of the privileges shall be deemed to constitute the contempt of
the Federal Parliament, and the concerned House shall have the exclusive right to
decide whether or not any privilege has been breached.
(8) In case any person is in contempt of any House, the person presiding over
the concerned House may, after a decision by the House to that effect, admonish, warn
or impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or of a
fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees on such person, and such fine shall be
recovered as a government due.
Provided that in case such person apologies to the satisfaction of the
concerned House, the House may pardon, remit or commute the sentence imposed on
him or her.
(9) Other matters relating to the privileges of the Federal Parliament shall be
as provided for in the federal law.
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Procedures relating to Conduct of Business: (1) Each House of the Federal Parliament
shall frame rules to conduct its business, maintain order during its meetings and
regulate the constitution, functions and procedures of the committees and procedures
of the House or its committee. Until such rules are framed, the Federal Parliament
shall regulate its procedures on its own.
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