Attorney General of Ceylon v De Livera
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1962 |
| Year | 1962 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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22 cases
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Curtin v Ireland
...in Parliament" are words of wide import. In delivering the judgment of the Privy Council in Attorney General of Ceylon de Livera [1963] A.C. 103 Viscount Radcliffe at p. 120 ruled: "there is no doubt that the proper meaning of the words 'proceedings in Parliament' is influenced by the conte......
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R v Chaytor and Others
...Parliament are immune from proceedings for criminal behaviour in Parliament. 33 We must now address more recent authorities. In Att-Gen of Ceylon v de Livera [1963] AC 13, section 14(a) of the Ceylon Bribery Act (no 11 of 1954) was addressed. The offer of any “gratification” to a member of ......
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R v Chaytor and Others
...of Viscount Radcliffe when giving the advice of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Attorney General of Ceylon v de Livera [1963] AC 103 at p 120. Section 14 of the Bribery Act of Ceylon made it an offence to offer an inducement or reward to a member of the House of Representativ......
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Buchanan v Jennings
...protection, and its boundaries should be clear." In similar vein, Viscount Radcliffe, delivering the judgment of the Board in Attorney-General of Ceylon v de Livera [1963] AC 103, 120 ruled: "…. there is no doubt that the proper meaning of the words 'proceedings in Parliament' is influenced......
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