### 11 Power to direct Attorney-General to prosecute for certain offences > *\[Section 11 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \]**\[Section 11 Amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 \]**\[Section 11 Amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]*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.

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