noun
stripping a Diet member of arrest immunity
Legal/political term referring to the procedure by which the Diet grants permission to arrest a member who would otherwise be immune from arrest during the session.
国会では、議員の逮捕許諾を求める動議が出された。
A motion was introduced in the Diet to seek permission to arrest a member.
逮捕許諾がなければ、現行犯以外で国会議員を逮捕することはできない。
Without a resolution to strip immunity, a Diet member cannot be arrested except in flagrante delicto.
Refers to the immunity from arrest itself, whereas 逮捕許諾 is the act of lifting that immunity.
Compound of 逮捕 (arrest) and 許諾 (permission, consent). The term is specific to the Japanese legal and political system.