Section 5: Intimation of arrest, detention, etc., of a member

(1) When a member is required to be arrested or arrested on a criminal charge or for a criminal offence or is sentenced to be imprisonment by a court or is detained under an executive order, the committing judge, magistrate or, as the case may be, executive authority, shall immediately intimate such fact to the Chairman or Speaker, as the case may be, indicating the reasons for the arrest, detention or imprisonment of the member. (2) When a member is summoned by or required to appear before any commission, tribunal, authority, organization, agency or other, for any investigation or inquiry, as the case may be, the Chairman or Speaker, as the case may be, shall be informed in respect of the same, by intimating the brief facts and reasons thereof.

Effective date: 2023-05-03

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