Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Act 9 of 2019 (English / Afrikaans)

To amend the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, 2004, so as to amend a definition; to provide that the arrest and removal, on the order of a presiding officer, of a person who creates or takes part in any disturbance on the precincts is not applicable to a member; to provide that a provincial legislature may choose to either appoint a standing committee or establish an adhoc committee to deal with disciplinary action against members of a provincial legislature for contempt of that provincial legislature; to provide that the Speaker of a provincial legislature exercises control and authority over the precincts on behalf of that provincial legislature; to clarify vague sections in the Act; to effect technical and grammatical corrections; and to provide for matters connected therewith. →