5 Privileges and Immunity of Parliament (Articles 103, 105)

1. Freedom of speech in the House — no member arrested, detained or prosecuted for anything said or any vote cast (103(1)); the protection extending to committee proceedings and joint sittings (103(5) explanation); 2. Internal autonomy: each House's exclusive power to regulate its business and decide its proceedings' regularity — no court may question (103(2)); the sub judice restriction running the other way too — no parliamentary discussion of matters before courts or of judges' acts (105, impeachment excepted); 3. Freedom from arrest during the session-and-summons period (criminal-charge exception with the chair's notification duty — 103(6)); 4. Breach of privilege = contempt of Parliament (103(7)): the House's exclusive adjudication; punishments: admonition, warning, imprisonment up to 3 months (effective during the session) or fine up to Rs 5,000 (103(8); apology may pardon); unauthorized sitting/ voting fined Rs 5,000 per day (102); 5. The unfinished code: privileges not enumerated left to law (103(9)) — Nepal's Parliament (Privileges and Powers) Act as the supplement; the comparative note: fewer codified privileges than the UK's arsenal, more than most.