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Number 10 of 1976
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COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS (PRIVILEGE AND PROCEDURE) ACT, 1976
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Number 10 of 1976
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COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS (PRIVILEGE AND PROCEDURE) ACT, 1976
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AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION REGARDING PRIVILEGE, IMMUNITY AND PROCEDURE IN RELATION TO COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS. [6th April, 1976]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
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Definition.
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1.—In this Act “a committee” means a committee appointed by either House of the Oireachtas or jointly by both Houses of the Oireachtas.
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Privilege and immunity of committees.
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2.—(1) A member of either House of the Oireachtas shall not, in respect of any utterance in or before a committee, be amenable to any court or any authority other than the House or the Houses of the Oireachtas by which the committee was appointed.
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(2) (a) The documents of a committee and the documents of its members connected with the committee or its functions,
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(b) all official reports and publications of a committee, and
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(c) the utterances in a committee of the members, advisers, officials and agents of the committee,
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wherever published shall be privileged.
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Short title.
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3.—This Act may be cited as the Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Privilege and Procedure) Act, 1976.
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