Hong Kong Regulations

THE INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SATELLITE ORGANIZATION NOTIFICATION - SECT 9

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).



"representatives" (代表) PART III

REPRESENTATIVES

(1) Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is
waived by the Governments of members or associate members whom they represent,
representatives of members and associate members to the Assembly of Parties
and the Council or to any conference, meeting or other organ of the
Organization shall enjoy-

   (a)  while exercising their functions as such and during their journeys 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 suit and legal process of every kind in respect of words
        spoken or written and things done or omitted to be done by them in
        their capacity as representatives.

(2) Where the incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence,
representatives shall not be deemed to be resident in Hong Kong during any
period when they are present in Hong Kong for the discharge of their duties.

(3) For the purposes of the application of this Article the
expression "representatives" (代表) shall be deemed to include, in addition
to the representatives, the following members of their official staffs
accompanying them as such representatives- Alternate representatives,
Advisers, Technical experts, Secretaries of Delegations, and Part IV of the
First Schedule to the Ordinance shall not operate so as to confer privileges
or immunities on the staffs of representatives other than on those persons
falling within the above-mentioned descriptions.

(4) The provision of the preceding paragraphs of this Article shall not confer
any immunity or privilege on any person as the representative of the Central
People's Government in Hong Kong or as a member of the staff of such
representative or on any person who is a Chinese national.

(81 of 1999 s. 3) (Enacted 1995)