TITLE IV: OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER
Article 50
The members of the National Assembly enjoy parliamentary immunity.
No Deputy may be prosecuted, investigated, arrested, detained or judged for reason
of the opinions or votes emitted by him in the exercise of his functions.
No Deputy may, during the time of the sessions, be prosecuted or arrested, in a
criminal or correctional matter except in the case of flagrante delicto, without the
authorization of the National Assembly.
No Deputy may, outside the sessions, be arrested without the authorization of the
Bureau of the National Assembly, except in the case of flagrante delicto, of
authorized prosecution or of definitive condemnation.
The detention or the prosecution of a Deputy is suspended if the National Assembly
requires it.
TITLE IX: OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
Article 84
The President of the Republic is not responsible for the acts accomplished in the
exercise of his functions except in the case of high treason . The members of the
Government are criminally responsible for the acts accomplished in the exercise of
their functions and qualified as crimes or misdemeanors at the moment they were
committed.
TITLE XI: OF THE MEDIATOR OF THE REPUBLIC
Article 89
An organ denominated the Mediator of the Republic is constituted.
He is not removable. He enjoys immunity in the exercise of his functions.
1. This Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity. In particular, official capacity as a Head of State or Government, a member of a Government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Statute, nor shall it, in and of itself, constitute a ground for reduction of sentence.
2. Immunities or special procedural rules which may attach to the official capacity of a person, whether under national or international law, shall not bar the Court from exercising its jurisdiction over such a person.