Michigan Constitution

Article IV, § 11 — Legislators privileged from civil arrest and civil process; limitation; questioning for speech in either house prohibited

Michigan Const. art. IV, § 11

Michigan Const. art. IV, § 11 (Legislators privileged from civil arrest and civil process; limitation; questioning for speech in either house prohibited) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

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Mich. Const. art. IV, § 11.

Full Text

Sec. 11. Except as provided by law, senators and representatives shall be privileged from civil arrest and civil process during sessions of the legislature and for five days next before the commencement and after the termination thereof. They shall not be questioned in any other place for any speech in either house.

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History

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 11, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964;—Am. S.J.R. A, approved Nov. 2, 1982, Eff. Dec. 18, 1982.; Former constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. V, § 8.