Art. 11. The members of the chamber of representatives receive for travelling expenses, and during the session, the indemnity decreed by the constituent assembly.
Art. 12. They are re-eligible without limit.
Art. 13. The chamber of representatives is entirely renewed, of right, every five years.
Art. 14. No member of either chamber can be arrested, except in case of being taken in the fact of committing a crime; or prosecuted for a criminal or correctional cause, during the sessions, except in consequence of a resolution of the chamber to which he belongs.
Art. 15. No one can be arrested or detained for debt, from the time of convening the meeting till forty days after the session.
Art. 16. The peers are to be tried by their own chamber in criminal or correctional cases, according to the forms prescribed by the law.
Art. 17. The quality of peer and of representative is compatible with all public functions, except those that are responsible (comptables).
All prefects and subprefects are not eligible by the electoral college of the department or circle (arrondissement), for which they are serving.
Art. 18. The Emperor sends to the chambers the ministers of state, and counsellors of state, who sit, and take a part in the discussions, but have no deliberative voice, unless they are members of the chamber, either as peers or being elected by the people.
Art. 19. The ministers, who are members of the chamber of peers, or of that of representatives, or who sit in consequence of being sent by the government, will give the chambers the information deemed necessary, when making it public does not compromise the interests of the state.