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[8. 2 cont.]

Diplomatic immunities

tives attending international conferences.

Diplomatic Privileges.

by showing that the name of that person is or was at that time included or not included in the said list.

3. (1) Where a conference is held in the Colony and is of representa attended by the representatives of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the government or governments of one or more foreign sovereign powers, and it appears to the Governor that doubts may arise as to the extent to which the representatives of such foreign powers and members of their official staffs are entitled to diplomatic immunities, he may-

(a) compile a list of the persons aforesaid who are entitled to such immunities, and cause that list to be published in the Gazette; and

(b) whenever it appears to the Governor that any person ceases or begins to be entitled to such immunities, amend the list and cause a notification of amendment or, if he thinks fit, an amended list, to be published as aforesaid;

and every representative of a foreign power who is for the time being included in the list shall, for the purposes of any enactment and rule of law or custom relating to the immuni- ties of an envoy of a foreign power accredited to His Majesty, and of the retinue of such an envoy, be treated as if he were such an envoy, and such of the members of his official staff as are for the time being included in the list shall be treated for the purpose aforesaid as if they were his retinue.

(2) Every list or notification published under subsection (1) in relation to any conference shall include a statement of the date from which the list or amendment takes or took effect; and the fact that any person is or was included or not included at any time among the persons entitled to diplomatic immunities as representatives attending the con- ference or as members of the official staff of any such representative may, if a list of those persons has been so published, be conclusively proved by producing the Gazette containing the list or, as the case may be, the last list taking effect before that time, together with the Gazette (if any) containing notices of the amendments taking effect before that time, and by showing that the name of that person is or was at that time included or not included in the said list.

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