Oregon Constitution

Article IV, § 9 — Legislators free from arrest and not subject to civil process in certain cases; words uttered in debate

Oregon Const. art. IV, § 9

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Or. Const. art. IV, § 9.

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Senators and Representatives in all cases, except for treason, felony, or breaches of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during the session of the Legislative Assembly, and in going to and returning from the same; and shall not be subject to any civil process during the session of the Legislative Assembly, nor during the fifteen days next before the commencement thereof: Nor shall a member for words uttered in debate in either house, be questioned in any other place.

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