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Parliamentary Privilege Act 1858
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### 5 President or Speaker to issue warrant
> 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.