“ None can be arrested or imprisoned for debts from the beginning of the convocation nor for forty days after the session. Peers are tried by their chamber in criminal and correctional matters in the forms which shall be regulated by law. The character of peer or of representative is compatible with any public position, except those of accountants. Nevertheless, the prefects and sub-prefects cannot be elected by the electoral college of the department or the district which they administer. ”

“ The Chamber of Representatives is of right renewed entire every five years. No member of either chamber can be arrested, saving in the case of flagrante delicto, nor prosecuted for a criminal or correctional matter, during the sessions, except in virtue of a resolution of the chamber of which he is a part. ”

“ Every citizen has the right to print and publish his thoughts in signed form, without any prior censorship, subject to legal responsibility, after publication, by jury trial, even when there may be occasion for the application of only a correctional penalty. The right of petition is secured to all citizens. Every petition is individual. These petitions can be addressed either to the government or to the two chambers: but these last also must be entitled: To his Majesty the Emperor. They shall be presented to the chambers under the guarantee of a member who recommends the petition. ”

“ Title VI. Rights of Citizens. Frenchmen are equal before the law, whether for contribution to public taxes and charges, or for admission to civil and military employments. No one under any pretext can be deprived of the judges who arc assigned to him by law. No one can be prosecuted, arrested, detained or exiled except in the cases provided for by law and according to the prescribed forms. Liberty of worship is guaranteed to all. ”