LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES).
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of any kind for speaking, voting, or acting as such Member in proceedings in the Council, or a committee, or for refraining from so speaking, voting or acting or for absenting himself from the proceedings of the Council or a committee, or on account of his having so spoken, voted, acted, refrained or absented himself, shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any Member who brings forward, promotes or advocates in the Council any proceeding or measure in which he may have acted or been concerned for or in consideration of any pecuniary fee or other reward, shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) Any officer of the Council who accepts or agrees to accept or obtains or attempts to obtain for himself or any other person any bribe, fee, compensa- tion, gift or reward (other than his ordinary remunera- tion as such officer) for doing or refraining from doing any act as such officer, shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) Any person who is guilty of an offence under the foregoing provisions of this section shall be liable on conviction before the Supreme Court to a fine of five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for three years, to both such fine and imprisonment.
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PART VII.
Supplementary Matter.
19. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as conferring, or purporting to confer, any privileges, immunities or powers upon the Council or any member thereof which exceed those of the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom or the Members thereof; and upon any inquiry touching the privileges, immunities and powers of the Council, or any Member, a copy of the Journal of the said Commons House of Parliament, purporting to be printed by order or by the printer of the said Commons House shall be admitted as prima facie evidence, without proof of its being such copy, for all purposes and in all courts.
House of Com- mons Journal to
be evidence in inquiries touch- ing privilege.
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