(1) A person commits an offence who—
(a) publishes any statement, whether in writing or otherwise, which falsely or scandalously defames the House or any committee, or which reflects on the character of the Speaker or the chairperson of a committee in the discharge of his or her duty as such;
(b) publishes any writing containing a gross, wilful or scandalous misrepresentation of the proceedings of the House or any committee thereof or of the speech of any member in the proceedings of the House or any committee thereof;
(c) publishes any writing containing any false or scandalous libel on any member touching his or her conduct as a member;
(d) publishes to any person other than a member of the House any report of the committee or of any evidence given before or any document presented to the committee or any extract from such document, before such committee has presented its report to the House; or
(e) publishes any report or statements purporting to be a report of the proceedings of the House in any case—
(i) where such proceedings have been conducted after exclusion of the public by order of the House, or
(ii) where such publication has been expressly prohibited by order of the House,
and is liable on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) In this section “publish” in relation to any writing, means exhibiting in public or causing to be read or seen or showing or delivering, or causing to be shown or delivered, with intent that the writing may be read or seen by any person.