(1) When any prisoner happens to be a member of the State Legislature or Parliament, all communications addressed by him to the Speaker or Chairman of a Committee including a Privileges Committee of such a House, or of a Joint Committee of the State Legislature, or both houses of Parliament, as the case may be, shall notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing rules of this chapter, be immediately forwarded by the Superintendent concerned to the Government so as to be dealt with by them in accordance with the rights and privileges of the prisoners as a member of the House to which he belongs.
(2) All questions whether starred or un-starred or any other communication shall also be transmitted forthwith.
(3) When a prisoner, though duly elected, has not formally become a member of a State Legislature or Parliament as required under articles 99 or 188 of the Constitution of India, there shall not be any withholding of correspondences, notwithstanding anything contained in articles 104 and 193 of the Constitution of India, between the duly elected prisoner Member and the Speaker, or the Chairman, as the case may be:
Provided that in forwarding such communications, the authorities concerned shall draw the attention of the Speaker, or the Chairman, as the case may be, to the fact that the requirement of Articles 104 or 193 of the Constitution of India have not been complied with.