Immunity from 116. witness summons Neither any member of the National Assembly nor the clerk of the National Assembly shall be compelled while attending the National Assembly to appear as a witness in any court or place outside the National Assembly. Immunity from 117. jury service Neither any member of the National assembly nor the Clerk of the National assembly shall be required to serve as on a jury court. Immunity for 118. Publication of Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, no person shall be under any civil or criminal liability in respect of the publication of(a) the text or a summary of any report, papers, minutes, votes or proceedings of the National Assembly’ (b) a contemporaneous report of the proceedings of the National assembly, unless it is shown that the publication was effected maliciously or otherwise in want of good faith. Proceedings Privileges of 119. witnesses CHAPTER VIII THE JUDICATURE (1) Every person summoned to give evidence or to produce any paper, book, record, or other document before the National Assembly or any committee of the National Assembly shall be entitled, in respect of his or her evidence or the production of such document as the case may be, to the same privileges as if he or she were appearing before a court. (2) Where the President or any member of the Cabinet certifies that the disclosure of the contents of any document sought by the National assembly or a committee of the National Assembly will be injurious to the public interest or prejudicial to the security of the State, the National assembly or such committee shall only give consideration to such document in private and under such conditions as will prevent the disclosure of the contents of such document outside the National Assembly or the committee as the case maybe, and shall not publish the document or its contents. (3) An answer by a person to a question put by the National Assembly shall not be admissible evidence against him or her in any civil or criminal proceedings outside the National assembly other than proceedings of perjury brought under the criminal law.

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