TNAG-1365-FCO40-1811-Hong-Kong-Legislative-Council-(Powers-and-Privileges)-Bill-1-1985 — Page 69

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Officers of

to have

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES)

(c) offers to any member or officer of either House any bribe, fee, compensation, gift or reward in order to influence him in his conduct as such member or officer, or for or in respect of the pro- motion of or opposition to any bill, resolution, matter, rules or thing submitted to or intended to be submitted to either House; or

(d) assaults, obstructs or insults any member coming to or going from the precincts of either House, or endeavours to compel any 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 either House; or

(e) assaults, interferes with, resists or obstructs any officer of either House while in the execution of his duty; or

(f) creates or joins in any disturbance which interrupts or is likely to interrupt the proceedings of either House while either House is sitting; or

(g) presents to either House or a committee or a joint committee any false, untrue, fabricated or falsified document with intent to deceive either House; or (h) publishes any false or scandalous libel on either

House,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on summary con- viction before a Resident Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars and in default to imprison- ment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding twelve months.

19. Every officer of either House shall, for the purposes both Houses of this Act and of the application of the provisions of the criminal law, have all the powers and enjoy all the privileges of a constable.

powers of

constable.

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