14Immunities from arrest and attendance before courts

14 Immunities from arrest and attendance before courts

(1) A member: (a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and (b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause; on any day: (c) on which the House of which that member is a member meets; (d) on which a committee of which that member is a member meets; or (e) which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph (c) or (d). (2) An officer of a House: (a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and (b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause; on any day: (c) on which a House or a committee upon which that officer is required to attend meets; or (d) which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph (c). (3) A person who is required to attend before a House or a committee on a day: (a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and (b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause; on that day. (4) Except as provided by this section, a member, an officer of a House and a person required to attend before a House or a committee has no immunity from compulsory attendance before a court or a tribunal or from arrest or detention in a civil cause by reason of being a member or such an officer or person.