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Parliament Bill

Parliamentary privilege - Article 9 of Bill of Rights 1688 - Prohibited impeaching or questioning of proceedings in Parliament

21: Use of evidence, etc, for establishing historical events or other facts

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"Using Parliament evidence to figure out past events"

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If you are in a court or tribunal, you can use evidence about what happened in Parliament to figure out what really happened in the past. You can do this as long as you are not trying to say that Parliament did something wrong. This is allowed under Section 18 and the Bill of Rights 1688.

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Part 2Parliamentary privilege
Article 9 of Bill of Rights 1688: Prohibited impeaching or questioning of proceedings in Parliament

21Use of evidence, etc, for establishing historical events or other facts

  1. Section 18 and Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 do not prevent or restrict a court or tribunal from doing any of the following for the sole purpose of establishing a relevant historical event or other fact (without impeaching or questioning the proceedings in Parliament):

  2. admitting evidence, or allowing evidence to be offered, concerning proceedings in Parliament:
    1. allowing questions to be asked or statements, submissions, or comments to be made concerning proceedings in Parliament.