(a)
(1) The members of the Senate and House of Representatives and the clerks, sergeants-at-arms, and doorkeepers of each branch of the General Assembly shall be privileged from arrest during the session of the General Assembly and for fifteen (15) days before the commencement and after the termination of each session.
(2) If any person shall arrest any of the persons named in this subsection during the time they are privileged therefrom, the person shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), with costs, to be recovered by action in the name and for the use of the injured party.
(b) All persons qualified to vote for representatives in the General Assembly shall be privileged from arrest during their attendance at any election and while on their way going to and returning from the election.
(c) No person shall be arrested while doing militia duty under the order of his commanding officer or while going to or returning from the place of duty or parade.
(d) No person shall be arrested in the Senate chamber or House of Representatives during their sitting, or in any court of justice during the sitting of the court.
(e) Nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to extend to cases of treason, felony, or breach of the peace or to privilege any person named from being served at any time or place specified in this section with a summons or notice to appear.
(f) If any person is arrested contrary to the provisions of this section, the person shall be discharged on a writ of habeas corpus by any court or officer having authority to issue the writ at the cost of the party procuring the arrest.