CPC 135A — Exemption of members of legislative bodies from arrest and detention under civil process

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Statutory text

[135A. Exemption  of  members  of  legislative  bodies  from  arrest  and  detention  under  civil process.—

[(1) No person shall be liable to arrest or detention in prison under civil process—
(a) if he is a member of—
(i) either House of Parliament, or
(ii) the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State, or
(iii) a Legislative Assembly of a Union territory,
during  the  continuance  of  any  meeting  of  such  House  of  Parliament  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the
Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council;
(b) if he is a member of any committee of—
(i) either House of Parliament, or
(ii) the Legislative Assembly of a State or Union territory, or
(iii) the Legislative Council of a State,
during the continuance of any meeting of such committee;
(c) if he is a member of—
(i) either House of Parliament, or

(ii) a Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State having both such Houses,
during  the  continuance  of  a  joint  sitting,  meeting,  conference  or  joint  committee  of  the  Houses  of
Parliament or, Houses of the State Legislature, as the case may be, and during the forty days before and after such meeting, sitting or conference.]
(2) A person released from detention under sub-section (1) shall, subject to the provisions, of the said sub-section, be liable to re-arrest and to the further detention to which he would have been liable if he had not been released under the provisions of sub-section (1).]

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