In consonance, there is established a related subsidiary legislation, which includes,
among others the following dispositions:
National Assembly Standing Orders, 1994.
This body of 93 orders, organised in XX parts regulates all the issues concerning to
the activities of the Parliament, such as presiding officer, members, sessions,
meetings, papers, questions, statements, motions, voting, legislation, admission of
press and public, etceteras.
Order 85: "The speaker may grant a general permission to the representatives of any journal,
newspaper or broadcasting organisation to attend the meeting of the Assembly […] under such rules
as the Assembly may make from time to time for that purpose".
Order 86: "Members of the public may be present in the Assembly Chamber in the places set
apart for them whilst the Assembly or a Committee of the Whole Assembly sits".
People's Assembly (Privileges and immunities) Act, 3/11/1975. Laws of Seychelles
1996.
Section 3: "There shall be freedom of speech and debate in the Assembly. Such freedom of speech
and debate shall not be liable to be questioned in any court or place outside of the Assembly".
Section 4: "No civil or criminal proceedings may be instituted against any member for words
spoken before, or written in a report to, the Assembly or to a committee thereof or by reason of any
matter or thing brought by him therein by petition, Bill, resolution, motion or otherwise".
Concerning specifically to the right of privacy enshrined by the Constitution in
Articles 22.2 b), and 28.2 d), the following dispositions can be mention as
examples:
Supreme Court (Interception
Communication) Rules, 1993.
of
Correspondence
or
Other
Means
of
Rule 2: "An application for interception of correspondence or other means of communication of a
person shall be made to a Judge in Chambers".
Rule 3: "The application […] shall be made by way of petition accompanied by an affidavit in
support of it".