At no time may a Member of the cantonal Parliament be subjected to court proceedings or disciplinary action or otherwise called to account outside the cantonal or Federal Parliament for a vote cast or a remark made by him in the cantonal or Federal Parliament or in any of its committees. This provision shall not apply to defamatory insults.
A Member may not be called to account or arrested for a punishable offence without permission of the cantonal or Federal Parliament (as the case may be) unless he is apprehended while committing the offence or in the course of the following day.
The permission of the cantonal or Federal Parliament (as the case may be) shall also be required for any other restriction of a Member’s freedom of the person or for the initiation of proceedings against a Member.
Any criminal proceedings or any proceedings against a Member and any detention or other restriction of the freedom of his person shall be suspended at the demand of the cantonal or Federal Parliament (as the case may be).
