S.L. const.2 Art. 135Every committee to report to the House.

(1) Every committee shall have leave to report to the House its opinion and observations upon any matter referred to it for consideration, together with the minutes of the evidence taken before it, as well as to make special reports on any matter which it may think fit to bring to the notice of the House. Minority reports, if any, shall be presented together with the report of the committee.

(2) The proceedings of, or evidence taken by, or the report of any standing committee or select committee, or the summary of such proceedings, evidence or report, shall not be published by any member of such committee or by any other person, except with the permission of the House, until the report of such committee has been laid on the Table of the House.

(3) Where evidence before a standing committee or a select committee has been given at a meeting open to the public, no complaint of privilege shall be entertained on the ground that such evidence has been published before having been reported to the House.