Constitution of India, 1949
194.Powers, privileges, etc., of the House of
Legislatures and of the members and committees thereof.-
(1) Subject to the provisions of this
Constitution and to the rules and standing orders regulating the procedure of
the Legislature, there shall be freedom of speech in the Legislature of every
State.
(2) No member of the Legislature of a State
shall be liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said or
any vote given by him in the Legislature or any committee thereof, and no
person shall be so liable in respect of the publication by or under the
authority of a House of such a Legislature of any report, paper, votes or
proceedings.
(3) In other respects, the powers, privileges
and immunities of a House of the Legislature of a State, and of the members and
the committees of a House of such Legislature, shall be such as may from time
to time be defined by the Legislature 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 26 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
the Legislature of a State or any committee thereof as they apply in relation
to members of that Legislature.