(2) No member of Parliament shall be liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said or any
vote given by him in Parliament or any committee thereof, and no person shall be so liable in respect of the
publication by or under the authority of either House of Parliament of any report, paper, votes or proceedings.
(3) In other respects, the powers, privileges and immunities of each House of Parliament, and of the
members and the committees of each House, shall be such as may from time to time be defined by
Parliament by law, and, until so defined, shall be those of that House and of its members and committees
immediately before the coming into force of section 15 of the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act,
1978.
(4) The provisions of clauses (1), (2) and (3) shall apply in relation to persons who by virtue of this
Constitution have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, a House of
Parliament or any committee thereof as they apply in relation to members of Parliament.