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Parliamentary Privilege Act 1957
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3 Contempt of joint committee
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an act done in respect of a joint committee of both Houses may be punished under section three of the Principal Act as if the committee were a committee of the House which initiated the appointment of the committee.
(2) No order of the House for the punishment of a person under this section operates against him until concurred in by the other House.