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Diplomatic Privileges.
The Organization shall have the right to avail itself, for telegraphic communications sent by it and containing only matter intended for publication by the press or for broadcasting (including communications addressed to or despatched from places outside Hong Kong), of any reduced rates applicable for the corresponding service in the case of press telegrams.
B. Representatives of Members: The President of the Conference: Members of the Executive Board of the Organization.
8. (1) Except in so far as any privilege or immunity is waived, in the case of representatives of member governments, by the Governments whom they represent; in the case of the President of the Conference, by the Organization; and in the case of members of the Executive Board, by the Executive Board of the Organization; representatives of member governments, the President of the Conference of the Organization, and members of the Executive Board of the Organization shall enjoy—
(a) while exercising their functions as such, and during their journey to and from the place of meeting, immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage and inviolability for all papers and documents;
(b) immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in their capacity as representatives;
(c) while exercising their functions and during their journey to and from the place of meeting, the like exemption or relief from taxes as is accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to His Majesty, save that the relief allowed shall not include relief from customs and excise duties except in respect of goods imported as part of their personal baggage. They shall not, where the incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence, be deemed to be resident in Hong Kong during any period when they are present in Hong Kong whilst exercising their functions and during their journey to and from the place of meeting. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to
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