Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Privilege and Procedure) Act, 1976
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No. 10/1976: COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS (PRIVILEGE AND PROCEDURE) ACT, 1976 |
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS |
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AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION REGARDING PRIVILEGE, IMMUNITY AND PROCEDURE IN RELATION TO COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS. |
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[6th April, 1976] |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: |
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| Definition. |
1.—In this Act "a committee" means a committee appointed by either House of the Oireachtas or jointly by both Houses of the Oireachtas. |
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| Privilege and immunity of committees. |
2.—(1) A member of either House of the Oireachtas shall not, in respect of any utterance in or before a committee, be amenable to any court or any authority other than the House or the Houses of the Oireachtas by which the committee was appointed. |
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(2) ( a ) The documents of a committee and the documents of its members connected with the committee or its functions, |
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( b ) all official reports and publications of a committee, and |
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( c ) the utterances in a committee of the members, advisers, officials and agents of the committee, |
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wherever published shall be privileged. |
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| Short title. |
3.—This Act may be cited as the Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Privilege and Procedure) Act, 1976 . |
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