85.1. A Member or a former Member is entitled, subject to sections 85.2 to 85.4, to the payment of the defence costs and judicial costs arising out of proceedings brought against the Member or former Member by a third person for any act or omission in the performance of the Member’s or former Member’s duties of office.
The Member or former Member is also entitled to the payment of expenses incurred for counsel where the Member or former Member is summoned to appear at an inquiry, a preliminary inquiry or judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings in connection with the Member’s or former Member’s duties of office.
In each case submitted to it, the Office of the National Assembly may, after obtaining the advice of the jurisconsult of the National Assembly, fix the maximum amount to be paid under the first and second paragraphs.