CAP. 190]
{article 11 cont.]
Diplomatic Privileges.
(a) immunity from suit and legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in the course of the performance of their official duties;
(b) exemption from income tax in respect of emoluments received by them as officers or servants of the International Labour Organization.
G.N.A. 102/50.
[19th May, 1950].
(Cap. 190.)
The Governor declares and provides and it is hereby declared and provided as follows-
THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION.
A. The Organization.
The International Civil Aviation Organization set up under Article 43 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on 7th December, 1944 (hereafter referred to as the Organization) is an organization to which the Diplomatic Privileges Ordinance shall apply.
2. The Organization shall have the legal capacities of a body corporate and, except in so far as in any particular case it has expressly waived its immunity, immunity from suit and process. No waiver of immunity shall be deemed to extend to any measure of execution.
3. The Organization shall have the like inviolability of official archives and premises occupied as offices as is accorded in respect of official archives and premises of an envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to His Majesty.
4. The Organization shall have the like exemption or relief from taxes and rates, other than taxes on the importation of goods, as is accorded to a foreign sovereign power.
5. The Organization shall have exemption from taxes on the importation of goods directly imported by the Organization for its official use in Hong Kong or for export.
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