Chapter 4: Parliament Privilege 71. � (1) Delegates to the National Council of Provinces and the persons referred to in sections 66 and 67— (a) � have freedom of speech in the Council and in its committees, subject to its rules and orders; and (b) � are not liable to civil or criminal proceedings, arrest, imprisonment or damages for— (i) � anything that they have said in, produced before or submitted to the Council or any of its committees; or (ii) � anything revealed as a result of anything that they have said in, produced before or submitted to the Council or any of its committees. (2) � Other privileges and immunities of the National Council of Provinces, delegates to the Council and persons referred to in sections 66 and 67 may be prescribed by national legislation. (3) � Salaries, allowances and benefits payable to permanent members of the National Council of Provinces are a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund. Public access to and involvement in National Council 72. (1) � The National Council of Provinces must— (a) � facilitate public involvement in the legislative and other processes of the Council and its committees; and (b) � conduct its business in an open manner, and hold its sittings, and those of its committees, in public, but reasonable measures may be taken— (i) � to regulate public access, including access of the media, to the Council and its committees; and (ii) � to provide for the searching of any person and, where appropriate, the refusal of entry to, or the removal of, any person. (2) � The National Council of Provinces may not exclude the public, including the media, from a sitting of a committee unless it is reasonable and justifiable to do so in an open and democratic society. 37