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CAP. 167) Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges).

member by force, insult or menace to declare himself in favour of or against any proposition or matter pending or expected to be brought before the Council or any commit- tee; or

(c) assaults, interferes with, molests, hinders, resists, obstructs or insults any officer of the Council while in the execution of his duty, or assaults, obstructs, molests or insults any officer of the Council on his way to or from the Council, knowing him to be such officer; or

(d) creates or joins in any disturbance which inter- rupts or is likely to interrupt the proceedings of the Council or any committee while the Council or such committee is sitting; or

(e) presents to the Council or a committee any false, untrue, fabricated or falsified document with intent to de- ceive the Council or such committee; or

(f) publishes or prints any libel on the Council, or publishes by words spoken any false, scandalous or defa- matory matter, reflecting on the character or proceedings. of the Council or which tends to bring the Council into odium, contempt or ridicule, or publishes or prints any libel on, or publishes by words spoken or by writing any false, scandalous or defamatory matter reflecting on the character or proceedings of a committee of the Council, or publishes any libel on a member of the Council touching his con- duct as such member: Provided that nothing in this para- graph shall apply to a fair and accurate report of the pro- ceedings of the Council published in any newspaper, or fair comment thereon; or

(g) abstracts any record or other document from the custody of the Clerk, or falsifies or improperly alters any records of or documents presented to the Council or any committee; or

(h) inflicts or threatens to inflict harm in body or or estate upon any member or officer of the Council with intent to influence him in his conduct as such member or officer; or

(i) molests any member or officer of the Council on account of his conduct as such member or officer; or

(1) disobeys any order to attend, or to produce docu- ments before, any committee duly authorized in this behalf;

or