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Parliamentary Privilege Act 1858
10Grounds of warrant not examinable on habeas corpus or otherwise: Warrant or verbal order plea in bar to action
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### 10 Grounds of warrant not examinable on habeas corpus or otherwise: Warrant or verbal order plea in bar to action
> 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.