Section 7: Production of member in custody

(1) The Chairman, Speaker or, as the case may be, chairman of a committee of the Senate or Assembly shall summon a member in custody on the charge of any offence or under any law related to preventive detention to attend a sitting or sittings of the Senate, Assembly or meeting of a committee of which he is a member. (2) On a production order under sub-section (1) signed by the secretary or by any other officer authorized by the Chairman, Speaker, as the case may be, in this behalf, addressed to the Federal Government or, as the case may be, the Provincial Government where the member is held in custody, or to the authority having or holding custody of the member, the Federal Government or the Provincial Government or such other authority, shall cause the member in custody to be produced before the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate or, as the case may be, who shall after the conclusion of the Assembly sitting on the meeting, deliver the member into the custody of the Federal Government or the Provincial Government or other authority, as the case may be.

Effective date: 2023-05-03

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