逮たい捕ほ許きょ諾だく請せい求きゅう

noun

request to arrest a member of parliament while in session

Legal term referring to the procedure under the Japanese Diet Law (Article 33) where the cabinet seeks consent from the relevant house to arrest a member during the session, except in cases of flagrante delicto or serious crimes. Related to the concept of 不逮捕特権 (immunity from arrest).

See also: 不逮捕特権

• 国こっ会かい会かい期き中ちゅうに議ぎ員いんを逮たい捕ほするには、内ない閣かくが逮たい捕ほ許きょ諾だく請せい求きゅうを行おこなう必ひつ要ようがある。

  To arrest a Diet member during a session, the cabinet must submit a request for arrest consent.