Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges).
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(k) refuses to be examined before, or to answer any question put by, any committee; or
(1) gives false evidence, prevaricates or commits other misconduct as a witness before any committee; or
(m) destroys any document which has been ordered to be produced before a committee; or
(n) endeavours, directly or indirectly, to deter or hin- der any person from appearing or giving evidence before any committee; or
(o) tampers with any witness in regard to evidence to be given by him before any committee; or
(p) threatens, punishes, damnifies, injures, assaults or insults any person who has given evidence before a com- mittee on account of his evidence; or
(q) publishes any evidence taken by, or document pre- sented to, any committee before such evidence or docu- ment has been reported to the Council,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred and twenty dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Officers of
Council to have powers
11. Every officer of the Council shall for the purposes of this Ordinance and of the application of the provisions of the criminal law, have all the powers and enjoy all the privileges of constable. of a constable.
12. An officer of the Council may, without an order from a magistrate and without a warrant, arrest-
(a) any person who commits any offence contrary to section 8 or section 10 in its presence;
(b) any person within the Chamber or precincts of the Council whom he reasonably suspects of having com- mitted an offence contrary to either of the said sections.
13. Any member who accepts or agrees to accept or obtains or attempts to obtain for himself or for any other person any bribe, fee, compensation, reward or benefit of any kind for speaking, voting or acting as such member or for refraining from so speaking, voting or acting or on account of his having so
Power of arrest.
Acceptance of bribes by members.