Parliamentary Privilege Act 1957
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Parliamentary Privilege Act 1957
Parliamentary Privilege Act 1957
An Act to amend the
Parliamentary Privilege Act 1858
[Royal Assent 6 December 1957]
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1.
Short title and citation
(1)
This Act may be cited as the
Parliamentary Privilege Act 1957 .
(2)
The
Parliamentary Privilege Act 1858 , as subsequently amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
2.
Powers, &c., of joint committees
(1)
A joint committee of both Houses of Parliament duly authorized by both Houses has all the powers of a committee of either House duly authorized by the House and persons are required to obey its orders accordingly.
(2)
Section two of the Principal Act
applies in relation to a joint committee of both Houses as if it were a committee of either House.
3.
Contempt of joint committee
(1)
Subject to
subsection (2)
of this section, an act done in respect of a joint committee of both Houses may be punished under
section three of the Principal Act
as if the committee were a committee of the House which initiated the appointment of the committee.
(2)
No order of the House for the punishment of a person under this section operates against him until concurred in by the other House.
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