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[Subsidiary]
CAP. 190]
The United Nations.
(1964 Ed.
15. Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the government whom they represent before the Court, the agents, counsel and advocates of parties before the Court shall enjoy-
(a) when engaged on their missions before the Court and during their journeys to and from the place where the Court is sitting in connexion with such missions, 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 this capacity;
(c) when engaged on their missions before the Court and during their journeys to and from the place where the Court is sitting in connexion with such mission, the like exemption or relief from taxes as is accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Her Majesty, save that the relief allowed shall not include relief from customs or excise duties except in respect of goods imported as part of their personal baggage. They shall not, where incidence of any form of tax depends upon residence, be deemed to be resident in the Colony during any period when they are present in the Colony while exercising these functions or during their journey to and from the place of meeting. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to British subjects whose usual place of abode is in the Colony.
The provisions of this Article do not apply to any agents, counsel or advocates acting on behalf of Her Majesty's Government in the Colony or to any British subject acting on behalf of any other Government except a Government of Her Majesty other than Her Majesty's Government in the Colony.