SECTION 129

(1) The local elected official shall be protected in accordance with the criminal law in force and special laws against threats, contempt, violence, insults or defamation committed against him in the exercise or because of his duties. (2) The local authority shall, in conjunction with the relevant State services, provide such protection and repair, as appropriate, the damage resulting from such acts as mentioned above. (3) The protection referred to sub-section 2 above shall extend to the spouses, children and direct ascendants of chief executives or their alternates who die in the discharge of their duties because of the acts that caused death or for acts committed before death, but related to the duties that the local elected official performed. (4) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section 1above, contempt and insult against the chief executive of the local authority or the presidentpro tem of the deliberative organ's sessions shall be punishable with the penalties provided for by criminal law. The local authority shall then be subrogated to the rights of the victim in order to obtain repayment, by the perpetrators of these offences, of the sums paid to the local elected officials concerned. It shall, for the same purposes, be entitled to direct action that it may bring before the criminal court, where necessary, by way of civil suit. VI - Right to Means of Transport and Travel