(a) (b) (c) PART 5: the Speaker as Chairman; four other members of the National Assembly who shall be appointed by the Speaker acting in accordance with the advice of a committee of the National Assembly; and the Clerk of the National assembly who shall be secretary of the authority. (3) The Clerk of the National Assembly shall be the administrative head of the National assembly Service. (4) In addition to its other functions, the National Assembly Service shall provide members of the National assembly with facilities for the drafting of Bills and the obtaining of such reasonable information from the relevant Government department as may be required for that purpose. RESPONSIBILITIES, PRIVILEDGES AND IMMUNITIES Responsibilities 112. of members The responsibilities of the members of the National Assembly shall include the following(a) (b) all members shall maintain the dignity of the National Assembly both during the sittings of the National Assembly and in their acts and activities outside the National; all members shall regard themselves as servants of the people of The Gambia desist from any conduct by which they seek improperly to enrich themselves or alienate themselves from the people, and shall discharge their duties and functions in the interest of the nation as a whole and in doing so, shall be influenced by the dictates of conscience and the national interest. Freedom of speech 113. There shall be freedom of speech and debate in the National and debate Assembly and that freedom shall not be impeached or questioned in any court or place outside the National assembly. Privilege of the 114. National Assembly Without prejudice to the generality of section 113, no civil or criminal proceedings shall be instituted against a member of the National assembly in any court or other place outside the National Assembly by reason of anything said by him or her in the National assembly. Immunity service 115. of process and arrest No civil or criminal process issuing from any court or other place outside the National Assembly shall be served on or executed in relation to a member of the National Assembly while he or she is on his or her way to, attending or returning from any proceeding of the National Assembly.

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