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    "content": "“The publication or disclosure of debates or proceedings of committees conducted with closed doors or in private or when the publication is expressly forbidden by the House, or of draft reports of committees before they have been reported to the House will constitute a breach of privilege or contempt.” In the case of the Petition before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs touching on some members of the Judicial Service Commission, I want to remind the House that this process should be accorded the highest levels of gravity. It is, indeed, very repressing and an abuse of the privilege for any hon. Member of this House to make public pronouncements, of whatever nature of this matter. As a law making organ, is not incumbent upon all of us to lead by example? It is, therefore, wrong to publish in any way or to disclose debates or proceedings of committees conducted in closed doors or indeed, in private. It is also wrong for any hon. Member to disclose debates or contents of proceedings of a committee if such disclosure is expressly forbidden by the House. You are also not allowed to disclose contents in whole or in part, of draft reports of committees before they have been reported to the House. It does not matter whether you are a Member, a friend of the committee or that you may have accessed the information in any other way as a Member. Any such act will constitute a breach of privilege or contempt and the necessary sanctions shall follow. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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