Parliament and its Members
Article
105 Powers, Privileges, etc., of the Houses of Parliament and of the
members and committees thereof
(1) Subject to the
provisions of this Constitution and to the rules and standing orders
regulating the procedure of Parliament,
there shall be freedom
of speech in Parliament.
(2) No member of Parliament shall be
liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said or
any vote given by him in Parliament or any committee thereof, and no
person shall be so liable in respect of the publication by or under
the authority of either House of Parliament of any report, paper,
votes or proceedings.
(3) In other respects, the powers,
privileges and immunities of each House of Parliament, and of the
members and the committees of each House, shall be such as may from
time to time be defined by Parliament by law, and, until so defined,
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.
(4) The
provisions of clauses (1), (2) and (3) shall apply in relation to
persons who by virtue of this Constitution have the right to speak
in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, a House of
Parliament or any committee thereof as they apply in relation to
members of Parliament.
Article
106 Salaries and allowances of members
Members of either
House of Parliament shall be entitled to receive such salaries and
allowances a may from time to time be determined by Parliament by law
and, until provision in that respect is so made, allowances at such
rates and upon such conditions as were immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution applicable in the case of members
of the Constituent Assembly of the Dominion of India.
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