3. Members of Parliament cannot enter the Civil Service until after the expiration of one year from the time they cease to be members.
4. This provision does not apply to Ministers. The time limit in section 3 shall not affect deputies or senators who were Civil Servants before they became members of Parliament, provided that they return to the same department.
5. District Governors cannot become members of Parliament.
6. Members of the Constitutional Court, commissioners of an Electoral Court and members of District Assemblies cannot at the same time be members of Parliament.
§ 21.
Members of both Chambers can resign their mandates at any time.
§ 22.
1. Members of Parliament shall execute their functions in person. They shall not receive orders from anybody.
2. They shall not address to public authorities requests in the personal interest of individuals, unless they do so in their professional capacity.
3. At their first sitting, members of Parliament shall take the following oath: ”I pledge myself to be faithful to the Czechoslovak Republic, to uphold its laws and to carry out my mandate to the best of my knowledge and conscience.” Refusal to take this oath or the making of any reservation thereto shall disqualify for membership in Parliament.
§ 23.
Members of Parliament shall not be prosecuted for the exercise of their functions as members. For statements made in the Chamber, members shall be amenable only to the disciplinary statutes of the Chamber.
§ 24.
1. Only with the consent of the respective Chambers shall members of Parliament become liable to civil or criminal prosecution. If this consent be not granted, such prosecution shall become permanently null and void.
2. This provision does not apply to the legal liability of a member as responsible editor.[1]§ 25.
If a member of either Chamber be apprehended and arrested in the commission of a criminal act, the Court or other authority having jurisdiction shall inform the Chairman of the respective Chamber of the arrest. If the Chamber or the Committee defined under paragraph 54 does not
- ↑ In reference to libel and incitement to crime.
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