Reference: Volume 46C (1962), Part No. 2, Section , Page 717

Judgement Details


Date
13/11/1962
Court
CIVIL COURT, FIRST HALL
Judiciary
FLORES JOSEPH
Parties
ONOR. ERNESTO LAIVIERA, M.L.A. vs ONOR. PAOLA PACE, M.L.A. NE.
ECLI
N/A
Judgement Type
-
Linked Case
N/A

Keywords / Summary


Keywords
"RULING" TA' LI-SPEAKER - ART. 11 INCIZ(E) TAL-ORDINANZA XX TAL-1942 - ART. 12(4) U 16 TAL-"THE MALTA (CONSTITUTION) ORDER-IN-COUNCIL, 1961" - ASSEMBLEA LEGISLATTIVA - GURISDIZZJONI - PRIVILEGG
Summary
Fost il-privileggi li ghandha skond il-ligi l-Assemblea Legislattiva hemm dak li hija tippunixxi lilkull min, membru taghha jew le, jikkommetti xi haga minn dak li hemm elenkat fl-istess ligi; u hekk, fil-funzjoni taghha ta' protettrici tal-funzjonament tajjeb u tad-dinjita' taghha stess, kif salvagwardata bl-istess ligi, hija ghandha l-verti ta' Qorti, bil-poter li tfittex hija jekk gewx miksural-privileggi li hija tgawdi, u, fil-kaz li ssib li dan ikun gara, tghaddi ghas-sanzjoni li jidhrilha xierqa. Dan jinvolvi l-poter li tinterpreta hija stess il-ligi dwar il-privilegi taghha, u mhux koncepibbli li f'din il-funzjoni ta' ricerka u definizzjoni tal-kwistjoni li tqum hija tigi ostakolata billi jsir aditu lill-Qrati ordinarji. Konsegwentement, jekk titressaq mozzjoni quddiem il-Kamrafis-sens li artikolu li deher f'gurnal jikser privilegg tal-Kamra, u li Speaker jaghti 'ruling' fis-sens li "prima facie" dak l-artikolu jikkostitwixxi ksur ta' privilegg tal-Kamra, il-Qrati ordinarjimhumiex kompetenti li jindahlu fil-kwistjoni u jiddecidu jekk dak l-artikolu jikkostitwixxix jew le"breach of privilege".




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