{"id":"tas:act-1858-017","name":"Parliamentary Privilege Act 1858","slug":"parliamentary-privilege-act-1858","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"17 of 1858","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":110965,"registerId":"tas-act-1858-017-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Power to order attendance of persons","content":"### 1 Power to order attendance of persons\n\n> *\\[Section 1 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \\]*Each House of Parliament, and any committee of either House duly authorized by the House to send for persons and papers, is hereby empowered to order any person to attend before the House or before such committee, as the case may be, and also to produce to such House or committee any paper, book, record, or other document in the possession or power of such person; and all persons are hereby required to obey any such order.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Order to attend to be notified by summons","content":"### 2 Order to attend to be notified by summons\n\n> *\\[Section 2 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \\]*\n> \n> > (1)  Any such order to attend, or to produce documents, before either House shall be notified to the person required to attend, or to produce documents, by a summons under the hand of the President or Speaker, as the case may be; and any such order to attend, or to produce documents, before any such committee, shall be notified to the person required to attend, or to produce documents, by a summons under the hand of the chairman of the committee; and in any such summons shall be stated the time and place when and where the person summoned is to attend; and such summons shall be served on the person mentioned therein, either personally, or by leaving the same with some person for him, at his usual or last known place of abode.\n> \n> > (2)  A Member of either House may be ordered to attend before the House or any such committee, without summons, in the manner heretofore accustomed.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Examination of witnesses","content":"### 2A Examination of witnesses\n\n> [*\\[Section 2A Inserted by No. 82 of 2001, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2002\\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-07-01/act-2001-082#GS4@EN)\n> \n> > (1)  A select committee of either House or a joint committee of both Houses with power to send for persons may examine any witness in relation to any matter referred to it.\n> \n> > (2)  A witness is to make a declaration before the select committee or joint committee that the evidence given by the witness is the truth.\n> \n> > (3)  A witness who wilfully gives false evidence is guilty of perjury.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"2B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meetings of committees may be held electronically","content":"### 2B Meetings of committees may be held electronically\n\n> [*\\[Section 2B Inserted by No. 68 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:15 Dec 2005\\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-12-15/act-2005-068#GS4@EN)\n> \n> > (1)  A committee of either House of Parliament or a joint committee of both Houses may hold meetings by electronic communication without the members of the committee being present in the same place.\n> \n> > (2)  [Subsection (1)](#GS2B@Gs1@EN) applies if –\n> > \n> > > > (a) the members of the committee constituting a quorum are able to speak to, and hear, each other contemporaneously when making any deliberation; and\n> > > \n> > > > (b) when a witness gives oral evidence to the committee, the members of the committee constituting a quorum are able to hear the witness contemporaneously and question the witness within the hearing of each other committee member constituting the quorum; and\n> > > \n> > > > (c) the chairperson of the committee ensures that a quorum is maintained during the meeting and –\n> > > > \n> > > > > > (i) in the case of a committee of the Legislative Council, that the standing orders of the Council are observed; and\n> > > > > \n> > > > > > (ii) in the case of a committee of the House of Assembly, that the standing orders of the House are observed; and\n> > > > > \n> > > > > > (iii) in the case of a joint committee of both Houses, unless the resolution establishing the joint committee makes provision for the standing orders that are to be observed, that the standing orders of the Council or Assembly, as the joint committee resolves, are observed.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Houses empowered to punish summarily for certain contempts","content":"### 3 Houses empowered to punish summarily for certain contempts\n\n> *\\[Section 3 Amended by No. 99 of 1982, s. 3 and Sched. 2 \\]*Each House is hereby empowered to punish in a summary manner, as for contempt, by imprisonment in such custody and in such place as it may direct, during the then existing session or any portion thereof, any of the offences hereinafter enumerated, whether committed by a Member of the House or by any other person:\n> \n> > > (a) The disobedience of any order of either House, or of any committee duly authorized in that behalf, to attend, or to produce papers, books, records, or other documents before the House or such committee;\n> > \n> > > (b) Refusing to be examined before or to answer any lawful and relevant question put by, the House or any such committee;\n> > \n> > > (c) The assaulting, menacing, obstructing, or insulting of any Member in his coming to or going from the House, or in the House, or on account of his behaviour in Parliament, or endeavouring to compel any Member by force, insult, or menace to declare himself in favour of or against any proposition or matter depending or expected to be brought before either House;\n> > \n> > > (d) The publishing or sending to a Member any insulting or threatening letter on account of his behaviour in Parliament;\n> > \n> > > (e) The sending a challenge to fight to a Member, on account of his behaviour in Parliament;\n> > \n> > > (f) The offering of a bribe to, or attempting to bribe, a Member; and\n> > \n> > > (g) The creating of, or joining in, any disturbance in the House, or in the immediate vicinity of the House.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n*\\[Section 4 Repealed by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \\]*","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"President or Speaker to issue warrant","content":"### 5 President or Speaker to issue warrant\n\n> For the purpose of punishing any of the contempts aforesaid, the President or Speaker, as the case may be, is hereby empowered, upon the resolution in that behalf of the House, to issue his warrant, under his hand, for the apprehension and imprisonment of any person adjudged by the House guilty of any such contempt.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons disturbing proceedings of House may be arrested without warrant","content":"### 6 Persons disturbing proceedings of House may be arrested without warrant\n\n> Any Member or other person creating, or joining in, any disturbance in the House, or in its immediate vicinity, during its actual sitting, may be apprehended without warrant on the verbal order of the President or Speaker, as the case may be; and may be kept in the custody of the officer of the House until a warrant can be made out for the imprisonment of such person in manner aforesaid.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Form of warrant","content":"### 7 Form of warrant\n\n> Every such warrant shall contain a statement that the person therein mentioned has been adjudged by the House guilty of contempt, specifying the nature of such contempt in the words of this Act defining the same, or in equivalent words, or in such terms as to show that the person has been adjudged guilty of any of the contempts aforesaid; but no particular form shall be necessary to be observed in such warrant.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Sheriff, constables, and others to assist in execution of warrant or verbal order","content":"### 8 Sheriff, constables, and others to assist in execution of warrant or verbal order\n\n> *\\[Section 8 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \\]*The Sheriff and his officers, and all constables and other persons, are hereby required to assist in the apprehension and detention of any person in pursuance of the verbal order of the President or Speaker, as the case may be, by virtue of [section six](#GS6@EN) , and also to be aiding and assisting in the execution of any such warrant as aforesaid.","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Doors may be broken open in executing warrant","content":"### 9 Doors may be broken open in executing warrant\n\n> It shall be lawful for any person charged with or assisting in the execution of any warrant under the hand of the President or Speaker, issued under the authority of this Act, to break open in the daytime all doors or places in which there is reasonable cause to suspect the person for whose apprehension such warrant was issued is concealed.","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Grounds of warrant not examinable on habeas corpus or otherwise: Warrant or verbal order plea in bar to action","content":"### 10 Grounds of warrant not examinable on habeas corpus or otherwise: Warrant or verbal order plea in bar to action\n\n> It shall not be lawful for the Supreme Court, or any judge thereof, to inquire by *habeas corpus* or otherwise into the propriety of any warrant under the hand of the President or Speaker, issued under the authority of this Act, provided that the warrant purports that the person therein mentioned has been adjudged by the House guilty of any of the contempts aforesaid; and the statement of any such contempt in the words of this Act defining the same, or in equivalent words, or in such terms that it can reasonably be collected from such warrant that the House has adjudged such person guilty of any of the contempts aforesaid, shall be sufficient; and in all cases it shall be a valid and conclusive return to any writ of *habeas corpus* to bring up the body of any person, that such person is detained by virtue of any such warrant as aforesaid; and, in any action brought on account of any arrest, trespass, or imprisonment, it shall be a good plea in bar to such action that such arrest, trespass, or imprisonment took place by virtue of any such warrant or verbal order as aforesaid.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Power to direct Attorney-General to prosecute for certain offences","content":"### 11 Power to direct Attorney-General to prosecute for certain offences\n\n> *\\[Section 11 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \\]**\\[Section 11 Amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 \\]**\\[Section 11 Amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \\]*Each House of Parliament shall have the like power of directing the Attorney-General to prosecute for any offence cognizable by the Supreme Court, committed against either of the said Houses or any Member thereof, as is possessed by the Commons House of the Imperial Parliament of directing the Attorney-General of England to prosecute for offences against the said Commons House of Parliament or any Member thereof; and every person convicted of any such offence before the said court shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units and imprisonment until such fine be paid, or to both such punishments.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Privileges of Parliament not affected","content":"### 12 Privileges of Parliament not affected\n\n> *\\[Section 12 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \\]*Nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed or taken, or held or construed, directly or indirectly, by implication or otherwise, to affect any power or privilege possessed by either House of Parliament before the passing of this Act in any manner whatsoever.","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 13 Short title\n\n> *\\[Section 13 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \\]*This Act may be cited as the [Parliamentary Privilege Act 1858](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1858-017) .","sortOrder":14}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, the legislation appears to have maintained its original scope since 1858 with only minor amendments (last file modification noted as 2019). Parliamentary privilege laws of this era were designed as enduring constitutional protections, and there is no indication from the available text that the scope has materially shifted from its original intent of protecting parliamentary proceedings and members from external legal interference."},"complexity_factors":["Constitutional and quasi-constitutional subject matter requiring understanding of separation of powers","Archaic 1858 drafting style likely uses older legal language","Concept of parliamentary privilege itself is legally nuanced and not widely understood by the public","Interaction with other laws (federal and state) governing parliamentary conduct adds interpretive layers","Limited text available in this excerpt makes full assessment difficult — actual provisions may vary in complexity","Long legislative history since 1858 means understanding the law may require tracing amendments over time"],"plain_english_summary":"## Parliamentary Privilege Act 1858 (Tasmania)\n\n**What is this law about?**\nThis is one of Tasmania's oldest pieces of legislation, dating back to 1858. It deals with **parliamentary privilege** — a set of special legal protections that shield Members of Parliament (MPs) and the work done inside Parliament from interference by the courts or outside parties.\n\n**What does parliamentary privilege actually mean?**\nIn plain terms, it means:\n- **MPs cannot be sued or prosecuted** for things they say during parliamentary debates or proceedings\n- **Parliament controls its own affairs** — courts generally cannot interfere with how Parliament conducts its business\n- It protects the freedom of speech inside Parliament, which is fundamental to democracy\n\n**Who does this affect?**\n- **Members of Parliament** (both the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly in Tasmania) — they are directly protected by these privileges\n- **Ordinary Tasmanians** — if you have a dispute involving something an MP said in Parliament, you may find it very difficult to take legal action over it\n- **Courts** — they are restricted in how they can scrutinise parliamentary conduct\n\n**Why does it matter?**\nThis law is a cornerstone of Tasmania's democratic system. Without it, MPs could theoretically be dragged into court every time they made a controversial speech, which would have a chilling effect on free and frank debate in Parliament. However, it also means MPs have protections that ordinary citizens do not.\n\n**Important note:** This is a very old law (1858) that has remained largely unchanged, suggesting it establishes enduring constitutional principles rather than frequently updated rules."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act codifies procedures for summonses, committee examination, summary contempt sanctions and enforcement while explicitly stating it does not affect powers or privileges previously held by either House (s.12). It therefore preserves existing parliamentary privileges and provides complementary procedural and enforcement mechanisms (ss.1–11), rather than narrowing or expanding those core privileges beyond the Act's specified powers."},"complexity_factors":["Interplay between parliamentary summary punishment and ordinary criminal process (ss.3, 11)","Non-reviewability of House-issued warrants by habeas corpus or judicial inquiry (s.10)","Specific enforcement powers including warrant form, verbal arrest during sittings, required assistance from sheriff/constables, and authority to break doors by day (ss.5–9)","Procedural requirements for summonses and variations for Members (s.2)","Rules for committee examination and witness obligations, plus perjury exposure (s.2A)","Conditions for electronic committee meetings tied to standing orders and quorum requirements (s.2B)","Preservation clause maintaining pre-existing privileges, which may create interpretive overlap with common law and standing orders (s.12)"],"plain_english_summary":"What this law does\n\n- Gives each House of Parliament, and committees authorised to \"send for persons and papers,\" the power to require any person to attend and to produce papers, books, records or other documents (s.1). The order must generally be notified by a signed summons stating time/place and served personally or at the person's usual/last known residence (s.2). Members may be summoned without the formal summons in ways previously used (s.2(2)).\n\n- Enables select committees or joint committees with power to send for persons to examine witnesses, requires witnesses to declare that their evidence is true, and makes wilfully giving false evidence perjury (s.2A).\n\n- Allows committees to meet electronically where committee members can contemporaneously hear and speak to one another, the chair ensures a quorum is maintained, and applicable standing orders are observed (s.2B).\n\n- Authorises each House to punish certain contempts summarily (by imprisonment during the then-existing parliamentary session or part of it) for a specified list of offences such as disobeying orders to attend or produce documents, refusing to answer lawful and relevant questions, assaulting or menacing Members, offering or attempting to bribe a Member, publishing threatening letters, sending duelling challenges, and creating disturbances (s.3). The President or Speaker may, after a house resolution, issue a warrant for apprehension and imprisonment (s.5). A person causing a disturbance during an actual sitting may be arrested without a warrant on verbal order of the President or Speaker and detained until a warrant is prepared (s.6).\n\n- Prescribes that warrants must state that the person has been adjudged guilty of contempt and specify the nature of the contempt (s.7), and permits authorised persons to break doors by day where there is reasonable cause to suspect the person is concealed (s.9). The Sheriff, constables and others are required to assist in arrests and detention ordered under the Act (s.8).\n\n- Provides that courts (the Supreme Court or its judges) may not inquire into the propriety of a warrant issued under this Act by habeas corpus or otherwise, provided the warrant purports that the House adjudged the person guilty of contempt; such a warrant is a valid and conclusive return to habeas corpus, and it is a complete defence in civil actions for arrest, trespass or imprisonment that the arrest or detention occurred by virtue of such a warrant or verbal order (s.10).\n\n- Permits either House to direct the Attorney-General to prosecute offences cognizable by the Supreme Court committed against a House or its Member; the statute sets maximum penalties of up to 2 years' imprisonment or a fine up to 200 penalty units (and imprisonment until the fine is paid), or both (s.11).\n\n- States that nothing in the Act is to be taken as affecting any power or privilege held by either House before this Act (s.12).\n\nWho decides and who pays\n\n- Who decides: A House of Parliament or an authorised committee decides to order attendance or production of documents (s.1). The President or Speaker (after a house resolution) issues warrants for imprisonment (s.5); the chairperson controls electronic meetings and quorum compliance (s.2B). Either House may direct the Attorney‑General to commence criminal prosecution (s.11).\n\n- Who pays / bears costs: Individuals or entities required to attend or produce documents bear the compliance burden (s.1–2, s.2A). Persons adjudged guilty of contempt face imprisonment under a house order (s.3, s.5) or criminal prosecution with statutory penalties if the Attorney‑General is directed to prosecute (s.11). Enforcement requires participation by public officers (Sheriff, constables) and may involve detention or physical entry (s.8–9); the Act does not specify compensation or cost-recovery mechanisms.\n\nCompliance burden, incentives and behavioural effects\n\n- Compliance burden: Persons summoned must attend and produce documents or face summary punishment by the House (s.1–3). Witnesses to select/joint committees must make a declaration of truth and risk perjury for wilful falsehood (s.2A). Committees may require oral testimony and contemporaneous questioning in electronic settings (s.2B).\n\n- Incentives and trade-offs: The Act creates a strong incentive to comply with parliamentary orders to avoid detention, summary punishment, or criminal prosecution (s.3, s.5, s.11). That incentive may lead individuals and organisations to provide information rather than contest orders, because the Act limits judicial inquiry into the grounds of House-issued warrants (s.10). The availability of direction to the Attorney‑General provides a route to ordinary criminal process as an alternative or complement to summary punishment (s.11).\n\n- Effects on private enterprise and contracts: The Act can compel persons and therefore businesses to produce records and attend before committees (s.1–2). The text contains no express protections for confidential, commercially sensitive or privileged material, nor provision for compensation where compliance causes private cost. The combination of compulsory production and restricted judicial review of warrants (s.10) may raise practical compliance and confidentiality decisions for businesses called as witnesses.\n\nDiscretion, enforcement mechanics and legal risk\n\n- Bureaucratic discretion and concentrated decision-making: A House or authorised committee determines what to summon and may adjudge contempt (s.1, s.3). The President or Speaker (and chairpersons for committee summons) exercises procedural powers to issue summonses, warrants and verbal arrest orders (s.2, s.5–6). Those decisions trigger enforcement by executive officers (Sheriff, constables) whose assistance the Act requires (s.8).\n\n- Enforcement mechanics and risks: The Act authorises detention during the sitting or part of it (s.3), arrest without warrant during sittings (s.6), forced entry by day where there is reasonable cause (s.9), and non‑reviewability of the warrant's substantive grounds by the Supreme Court via habeas corpus (s.10). These mechanics reduce ordinary judicial oversight of detention ordered under the Act and replace some judicial process with parliamentary summary procedure.\n\nImplementation and opportunity costs\n\n- Implementation burdens on parliamentary staff and enforcement agencies: Committees and House officers must organise service of summonses, manage electronic hearings where applicable, and oversee detention or hand-off to law enforcement for imprisonment (s.2, s.2B, s.5, s.8). Enforcement may require physical resources (custody facilities, sheriff involvement) but the Act does not specify funding or administrative arrangements.\n\n- Opportunity costs and substitution effects: The House's power to direct the Attorney‑General to prosecute (s.11) provides an alternative to internal summary punishment; political or tactical choices about which route to take will affect court resources and the accused's procedural protections. The option of summary punishment for certain contempts and the availability of regular criminal proceedings for other offences creates a choice between parliamentary discipline and ordinary criminal justice pathways (s.3, s.11).\n\nLimits and clarifications\n\n- Scope preservation: The Act expressly says it does not affect any powers or privileges previously held by either House (s.12). The list of contempts that may be punished summarily is set out in the Act (s.3), but the Act also preserves pre‑existing privileges and powers (s.12).\n\nKey legal effects to note (source sections cited parenthetically)\n\n- Compulsion to attend and produce documents (s.1–2).\n- Witnesses must declare truth; perjury applies to wilful false evidence (s.2A).\n- Electronic committee meetings allowed under specified conditions (s.2B).\n- Summary punishment by the House for enumerated contempts, including imprisonment during the session (s.3, s.5).\n- Arrest without warrant for disturbances during sittings and detention until a warrant is issued (s.6).\n- Sheriff and police assistance required; forced entry by day permitted where reasonable cause exists (s.8–9).\n- Courts are precluded from examining the grounds of a House warrant by habeas corpus (s.10); such warrants are a conclusive return and a bar to civil actions claiming wrongful arrest/imprisonment (s.10).\n- Either House may direct the Attorney‑General to prosecute offences against the House or its Members, with statutory maximum penalties (s.11).\n\nHow this matters in practice\n\n- Individuals and organisations summoned face a clear duty to comply or risk detention, summary punishment, or criminal charges (s.1–3, s.11).\n- Parliamentary officers and law enforcement are required to assist enforcement, including physical apprehension and forcible entry where justified (s.8–9).\n- The Act narrows the scope for immediate judicial review of parliamentary warrants (s.10), shifting certain disputes from courts into parliamentary processes unless criminal prosecution is pursued through the Attorney‑General (s.11).\n\nOverall, the Act sets out procedures for compelling attendance and documents, provides for committee examination (including electronic meetings), prescribes summary sanctions for enumerated contempts, establishes enforcement powers for parliamentary officers and law enforcement, limits judicial inquiry into warrants issued under the Act, and preserves existing parliamentary privileges (s.1–13)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original 1858 Act was a straightforward contempt and enforcement statute. Modern amendments have significantly expanded scope: Section 2A (2001) added formal witness examination procedures with perjury consequences; Section 2B (2005) introduced electronic meeting capabilities — a fundamental operational change the 1858 drafters could not have contemplated. The Act has evolved from a punitive/contempt-focused statute to a comprehensive procedural framework for parliamentary investigations."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple amendment layers visible in section headers (1858 base, 1934, 1982, 2001, 2005 amendments) creating patchwork structure","Nested subsections in Section 2B with triple-nested paragraph structure (2B(2)(c)(i)-(iii))","Archaic procedural language mixed with modern amendments (e.g., 'duelling' references alongside electronic meeting provisions)","Cross-references between sections (e.g., Section 8 references Section 6)","Conditional logic in Section 2B requiring simultaneous audio capability and quorum maintenance","Interaction with unwritten constitutional conventions (Section 12 preserves pre-existing privileges not codified in the Act)","Dual procedural tracks: summary contempt powers (Sections 3-10) vs. criminal prosecution pathway (Section 11)"],"plain_english_summary":"This law gives the Tasmanian Parliament (and its committees) special powers to run investigations and maintain order. Here's what it does:\n\n**Key Powers:**\n- **Summon witnesses**: Parliament or its committees can order anyone to appear and give evidence, or hand over documents (Section 1)\n- **Enforce attendance**: These orders are delivered via formal summons signed by the Speaker or committee chair (Section 2)\n- **Examine witnesses**: Committees can question witnesses under oath, and lying is treated as perjury (Section 2A)\n- **Hold virtual meetings**: Committees can meet electronically if members can hear each other and witnesses in real-time (Section 2B)\n\n**Punishments for Contempt:**\nParliament can imprison people (during the current parliamentary session) for:\n- Ignoring summons or refusing to answer questions\n- Assaulting, threatening, or bribing MPs\n- Creating disturbances in or near Parliament\n- Sending threatening letters or challenges to duel (!) to MPs over their parliamentary work (Section 3)\n\n**Enforcement:**\n- The Speaker can issue arrest warrants (Section 5)\n- Disturbers can be arrested on the spot without a warrant (Section 6)\n- Police must help enforce these orders (Section 8)\n- Officers can break down doors to make arrests if needed (Section 9)\n- Courts cannot review these warrants via *habeas corpus* (a legal procedure to challenge detention) (Section 10)\n\n**Prosecutions:**\nParliament can direct the Attorney-General to prosecute serious offences, with penalties up to 2 years jail or fines (Section 11)\n\n**Important Limit:**\nThe Act explicitly says it doesn't reduce any powers Parliament already had before 1858 (Section 12) — this preserves centuries-old parliamentary privileges inherited from Britain."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/parliamentary-privilege-act-1858","history":"/api/acts/parliamentary-privilege-act-1858/history","analysis":"/api/acts/parliamentary-privilege-act-1858/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/parliamentary-privilege-act-1858/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/parliamentary-privilege-act-1858/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/parliamentary-privilege-act-1858/documents"}}