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47                    THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                              (Part V.—The Union)

      (2) Before giving any decision on any such question, the President shall
obtain the opinion of the Election Commission and shall act according to such
opinion.]
        104. Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation
under article 99 or when not qualified or when disqualified.—If a person
sits or votes as a member of either House of Parliament before he has complied
with the requirements of article 99, 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, he shall be liable in
respect of each day on which he so sits or votes to a penalty of five hundred
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       Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and its Members
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      105. Powers, privileges, etc., of the Houses of Parliament 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
Parliament, there shall be freedom of speech in Parliament.
       (2) No member of Parliament shall be liable to any proceedings in any court in
respect of anything said or any vote given by him in Parliament or any committee
thereof, and no person shall be so liable in respect of the publication by or under the
authority of either House of Parliament of any report, paper, votes or proceedings.
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        [(3) In other respects, the powers, privileges and immunities of each
House of Parliament, and of the members and the committees of each House,
shall be such as may from time to time be defined by Parliament by law, and,
until so defined, 2[shall be those of that House and of its members and
committees immediately before the coming into force of section 15 of the
Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978.]].


1. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 21 (date to be
   notified). This amendment was omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment)
   Act, 1978, s. 45 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
2. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 15, for certain
   words (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).

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