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Article VI, § 17 — Members of Legislature privileged from civil arrest

West Virginia Const. art. VI, § 17

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W. Va. Const. art. VI, § 17.

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Members of the Legislature shall, in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session, and for ten days before and after the same; and for words spoken in debate, or any report, motion or proposition made in either house, a member shall not be questioned in any other place.

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