Parliamentary Privilege Act 1770

1. Introductory Text

2. [1.]. After 24 June, 1770, Suits may be prosecuted in Courts of Record, Equity, or Admiralty, and Courts having Cognizance of Causes Matrimonial and Testamentary, against Peers, and Members of the House of Commons, and their Servants, &c.

3. 2. But the Persons of Members of the House of Commons not to be arrested or imprisoned.

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6. 6. This Act to extend to Scotland.