1964 Ed.]
The International Civil Aviation Organization.
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THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION.
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(Cap. 190, section 2).
[19th May, 1950.]
The Governor declares and provides and it is hereby declared and provided as follows-
A. THE ORGANIZATION.
1. 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 Her 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 exportation, or on the importation of any publications of the Organization directly imported by it, such exemption to be subject to compliance with such conditions as the Director of Commerce and Industry may prescribe for the protection of the revenue.
6. The Organization shall have exemption from prohibitions and restrictions on importation or exportation in the case of goods directly imported or exported by the Organization for its official use and in the case of any publication of the Organization directly imported or exported by it.
7. 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
[Subsidiary]
G.N.A. 102/50.
G.N.A. 91/55.
(Cap. 190.)