Modification of the Rule relating to the waiver of immunity
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- This Resolution was adopted by the Assembly at its Thirty-sixth Sitting, 8th December, 1951 (See Doc. 91, Report of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges).
The Rule relating to the waiving of the immunity of Representatives and Substitutes is modified as follows :
Waiver of the Immunity of Representatives and Substitutes
1. Any request addressed to the President by the competent authority of a Member for the waiver of immunity of a Representative or Substitute shall be transmitted to the Assembly and then referred without prior discussion to the Committee on the Rules of Procedure and Privileges.
2. The Committee shall immediately consider the request but shall not make any examination of the substance of the case in question. The Representative or Substitute concerned may, if he so wishes, be heard by the Committee. The report of the Committee shall conclude with a Draft Resolution for the retention or the waiver of the immunity.
3. The report of the Committee shall automatically be included as the first item of the Orders of the Day for the first day on which the Assembly sits after report has been laid upon the Table of the Assembly.
The debate on the report shall be confined to arguments for or against the waiver of the immunity.
4. The President shall immediately inform the authority which submitted the request of the decision of the Assembly.
