Statute of Deputies and Senators
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Statute of Deputies and Senators ![]()
- Constitution of Romania
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SECTION 2 - Statute of Deputies and Senators
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| ARTICLE 69 - Representative mandate
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| (1) In the exercise of their mandate Deputies and Senators shall be in the service of the people.
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| (2) Any imperative mandate shall be null.
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| ARTICLE 70 - Term of office of Deputies and Senators
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| (1) Deputies and Senators shall begin the exercise of their office on the day the Chamber whose members they are has lawfully met, on condition the election is validated and the oath is taken. The form of the oath shall be regulated by an organic law.
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| (2) The capacity as a Deputy or Senator shall cease on the same day the newly elected Chambers shall legally meet, or in case of resignation, disenfranchisement, incompatibility, or death.
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| ARTICLE 71 - Incompatibilities
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| (1) No one may be a Deputy and a Senator at the same time.
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| (2) The capacity as a Deputy or Senator is incompatible with the exercise of any public office in authority, with the exception of Government membership.
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| (3) Other incompatibilities shall be established by organic law.
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| ARTICLE 72 - Parliamentary immunity
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| (1) No Deputy or Senator shall be held judicially accountable for the votes cast or the political opinions expressed while
exercising their office.
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| (2) The Deputies and Senators may be subject to criminal investigation, or criminally prosecuted for acts that are not connected with their votes or their political opinions expressed in the exercise of their office, but shall not be searched, detained or arrested without the consent of the Chamber they belong to, after being heard. The investigation and prosecution shall only be carried out by the Public Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice. The High Court of Cassation and Justice shall have jurisdiction over this case.
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(3) If caught in the act, Deputies or Senators may be detained and searched. The Minister of Justice shall inform without delay the president of the Chamber in question on the detainment and search. If, after being notified, the Chamber in question finds there are no grounds for the detainment, it shall order the annulment of such a measure at once.
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