CAP. 190]
Diplomatic Privileges.
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 of the 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 the 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 publications 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 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: Chairman of the Council 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 and, in the case of the Chairman of the Council of the Organization, by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization, representatives of member governments, and the Chairman 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
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CAP. 190]
Diplomatic Privileges.
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 exporta- tion, or on the importation of any of the 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 pro- hibitions and restrictions on the 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 publications 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 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: Chairman of the Council of the Organization.
8. (1) Except in so far as any privilege or immunity is waived, in the case of representatives of member govern- ments, by the Governments whom they represent and, in the case of the Chairman of the Council of the Organization, by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization, representatives of member governments, and the Chairman 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 deten- tion 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
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