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87 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part VI.—The States)
(2) Before giving any decision on any such question, the Governor shall
obtain the opinion of the Election Commission and shall act according to such
opinion.]
193. Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation
under article 188 or when not qualified or when disqualified.—If a person
sits or votes as a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative
Council of a State before he has complied with the requirements of article 188,
or when he knows that he is not qualified or that he is disqualified for
membership thereof, or that he is prohibited from so doing by the provisions of
any law made by Parliament or the Legislature of the State, he shall be liable in
respect of each day on which he so sits or votes to a penalty of five hundred
rupees to be recovered as a debt due to the State.
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of State Legislatures
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194. Powers, privileges, etc., of the Houses of Legislatures and of the
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members and committees thereof.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this
Constitution and to the rules and standing orders regulating the procedure of the
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Legislature, there shall be freedom of speech in the Legislature of every State.
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(2) No member of the Legislature of a State shall be liable to any
proceedings in any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him in
the Legislature or any committee thereof, and no person shall be so liable in
respect of the publication by or under the authority of a House of such a
Legislature of any report, paper, votes or proceedings.
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[(3) In other respects, the powers, privileges and immunities of a House
of the Legislature of a State, and of the members and the committees of a
House of such Legislature, shall be such as may from time to time be defined
1. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 34 to read as
follows :
"(3) In other respects, the powers, privileges and immunities of a House of the
Legislature of a State, and of the members and the committees of a House of such
Legislature, shall be those of that House, and of its members and Committees, at the
commencement of section 34 of the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act,
1976, and as may be evolved by such House of the House of the People, and of its
members and committees where such House is the Legislative Assembly and in
accordance with those of the Council of States, and of its members and committees
where such House is the Legislative Council." (date not notified). This amendment
was omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 45
(w.e.f. 19-6-1979)."
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