Article 14. The National Congress shall have a Secretariat and an organization of police guards. Their organization and duties shall be decided by the Presidium.
Article 15. The National Congress shall have a Secretary General, appointed by the Presidium, and discharging the affairs of the entire Congress.
Article 16. The Representatives shall not assume any responsibility towards the general public for any opinion expressed by them during the session of the Congress.
Article 17. Except by approval of the Congress, no Representative of the Congress may be detained or arrested when the Congress is in session.
Article 18. During the session, a Representative who does not abide by the rules of the Congress may be warned by the Chairman, or may forfeit his privilege to speak. Adequate punishment shall be imposed upon any who may commit serious offenses.
Article 19. The above mentioned punishment will be decided by the Congress, upon the examination of the Punishment Committee (formed by the Representatives to the Congress).
Article 20. The date of adoption of this code of laws is to be fixed in an order from the Central Government.
FOOTNOTE:
[1] "Kuo-min Ta-hui Tsu-chih Fa" in Chung-yang Hsüan-ch'uan Pu (Party-Ministry of Publicity), Hsien-chêng Chien-shê Fa-kuei, Chungking, XXVIII (1939), p. 35-8.