TNAG-1365-FCO40-1811-Hong-Kong-Legislative-Council-(Powers-and-Privileges)-Bill-1-1985 — Page 159

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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.