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CAP. 190]

56 of 1948.

Short title.

Privileges, immunities

of certain

international

organizations

and their

Diplomatic Privileges.

CHAPTER 190.

DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES.

To make provision as to the immunities, privileges and capacities of international organizations of which His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and foreign governments are members; to confer immunities and privileges on the staffs of such organizations and representatives of member governments and in respect of premises and documents of such organizations; to assimilate the law of the Colony relating to the im- munities and privileges as to person, property or servants of sovereign diplomatic agents or the representatives of sovereign powers to the law of England; and for pur- poses connected with the matters aforesaid.

[29th October, 1948.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Diplomatic Privileges Ordinance.

2...(1) When any organization has been declared by and capacities His Majesty by Order in Council made under the Diplomatic Privileges (Extension) Acts, 1944 and 1946, to be an organization of which His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the government or governments of one or more foreign sovereign powers are members, the Governor may, by notification in the Gazette, declare that this Ordin- ance shall apply to such organization and—

staffs.

[cf. 7 & 8

Geo. 6 c. 44.] [cf. 9 & 10

Geo. 6 c. 66.]

Schedule.

(a) provide that any such organization to which this Ordinance applies (hereinafter referred to as "the organization") shall, to such extent as may be speci- fied in the notification, have the immunities and privileges set out in Part I of the Schedule, and shall also have the legal capacities of a body corporate;

(b) confer upon such number of officers of the organiza- tion as may be specified in the notification, being the holders of such high offices in the organization as may be specified in the notification, and upon such persons employed on missions on behalf of the organization as may be so specified, and upon any person who is the representative of a member govern-

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