Section 2. Exemption of members and officers from arrest  


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  • A member of the
      legislature shall be  privileged  from  arrest  in  a  civil  action  or
      proceeding  other  than  for  a  forfeiture or breach of trust in public
      office or employment, while attending upon its session, and for fourteen
      days before and after each session, or while absent for  not  more  than
      fourteen days during the session with the leave of the house of which he
      is a member.
        An  officer  of either house shall be privileged from arrest in such a
      civil action or proceeding while in actual attendance  upon  the  house.
      Either  house  shall  have the power to discharge from arrest any of its
      members or officers arrested in violation of his privilege from arrest.