The Privilege of Parliament Act 1512 or the Parliamentary Privilege Act 1512The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised for the

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section 4(a)
of, an

of Schedule 1 to, the

Statute Law Revision Act 2007 The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 is an Act of the Oireachtas of the Republic of Ireland which repealed a large amount of pre-1922 legislation of Ireland, England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom while preserving a shorter list of statutes. ...

. ( 4 Hen. 8. c. 8), commonly known as Strode's Act, is an Act of the

Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised t ...

. It enacted

parliamentary privilege Parliamentary privilege is a legal immunity enjoyed by members of certain legislatures, in which legislators are granted protection against civil or criminal liability for actions done or statements made in the course of their legislative duties. ...

in law, prohibiting any suit or prosecution from being brought or punishment being imposed against any MP or peer for speaking on any matter in parliament. The Act was originally a

private act Proposed bills are often categorized into public bills and private bills. A public bill is a proposed law which would apply to everyone within its jurisdiction. This is unlike a private bill which is a proposal for a law affecting only a single p ...

, passed in response to

Strode's case Strode's Case 3 ''Howell's State Trials'' 294 is one of the earliest and most important English cases dealing with parliamentary privilege. Facts Richard Strode was a Member of Parliament from Devon, England. In 1512, he introduced a bill to a ...

, in which Strode had been imprisoned for obstructing

tin mining Tin mining began early in the Bronze Age, as bronze is a copper-tin alloy. Tin is a relatively rare element in the Earth's crust, with approximately 2 ppm (parts per million), compared to iron with 50,000 ppm. History Tin extraction and use can ...

, namely by introducing a bill for improving the working conditions of tin miners. In 1667, Parliament declared it to be of more general application. The privilege was later strengthened and generalized by the

Bill of Rights 1689 The Bill of Rights 1689 is an Act of the Parliament of England, which sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown, and is seen as a crucial landmark in English constitutional law. It received Royal ...

. This Act was retained for the

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section 2(2)(a)
of, and Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the

Section 2

The words from "ov that" to "auctoritie", wherever those words occurred in this section, were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the

Statute Law Revision Act 1888 The Statute Law Revision Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict c 3) is an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, a Statute Law Revision Act repealing all or part of various earlier acts of Parliament. Provisions ...

References

Halsbury's Statutes ''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Measur ...

External links

The Privilege of Parliament Act 1512
as amended, from the National Archives. *List of legislative effects in the Republic of Ireland from th
Irish Statute Book
Acts of the Parliament of England (1485–1603) 1512 in law 1512 in England {{England-statute-stub