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Clause 5 grants to Members freedom from arrest for civil debt whilst going to, or attending at, or returning from, any sitting of the Council or any committee
and also for a criminal offence whilst
actually attending
a
sitting.
This
latter
provision
implements
in
a
modified
form the Ad
Hoc Group's
recommendation that freedom from arrest
should apply to both civil and criminal
cases.
prohibits, 6(1)
while
the
Clause
Council is sitting, the service of any civil process within the precincts of the Council Chamber, whether issued in
Hong Kong or elsewhere.
Clause 6(2) exempts any Member · from
attending as
a
witness
in
any
civil
proceedings on a day when the Council
is sitting and Clause 6(3) exempts a
in
Member from service as
accordance with Section
a juror
5 of the Jury
Ordinance.
Clause
7(1)
evidence prohibits
of
proceedings
in
the
Council
or a
committee being given elsewhere without
special leave of the Council.