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Parliamentary privilege - Article 9 of Bill of Rights 1688

17: Effect of Article 9

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You are looking at a proposed change to the law about Parliament. This change is about Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688. It will have an extra effect because of this proposed law. You need to know that Article 9 will not stop some people being prosecuted for certain crimes. These crimes are related to things that happen in Parliament. They include corruption, bribery, and perjury, which are covered in the Crimes Act 1961. This means that even with Article 9, people can still be charged with these crimes if they do something wrong in relation to Parliament proceedings. The proposed law is clarifying how Article 9 works with other laws. It is making sure that people who break the law in certain ways can still be held accountable.

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Part 2Parliamentary privilege
Article 9 of Bill of Rights 1688

17Effect of Article 9

  1. Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 has the effect required by this Part in addition to any other operation it may have.

  2. However, Article 9 does not prevent or restrict the prosecution of an offence (to the extent that the offence relates to proceedings in Parliament) against any of the following provisions of the Crimes Act 1961:

  3. section 102 (corruption and bribery of Minister of the Crown):
    1. section 103 (corruption and bribery of member of Parliament):
      1. section 109 (punishment of perjury).