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When any peron entitled to privilege has committed an offence againt the laws, a ditinct pecification thereof hall be laid before the Emperor, and it hall not be lawful to try or examine uch peron, until the receipt of His Majety's expres commands for that purpoe — The Emperor's commands having been received, the trial and examination of the offender hall be intituted, and a report made of the whole of the proceedings, for the information and final deciion of His Imperial Majety.

Nevertheles, if any privileged peron commits an offence of a treaonable nature, he Hall not have the benefit of his privilege as provided by this law.

Five claues.

When the father, mother, paternal grandfather or grandmother, wife, on, or grandon of any peron entitled to privilege, as belonging to one of the eight claes before mentioned, commits an offence againt the laws, a ditinct pecification thereof hall be laid before the Emperor, and it hall not be lawful to try or examine uch offender, until the Emperor's expres commands are received for that purpoe.

The trial and examination having taken place, conformably to the Emperor's orders, a report of the whole of the proceedings hall be tranmitted to the court, for the information and final deciion of His Imperial Majety.

In the cae of perons privileged by their royal blood or illutrious ervices, their paternal grandfathers and grandmothers, uncles, aunts, and