CHAPTER
15
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS) |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
Short title and commencement. |
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Governor-General may confer immunities and
privileges on certain officers. |
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SCHEDULE - Immunities and Privileges. |
CHAPTER 15 |
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS (IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS) |
An Act to
extend certain immunities and privileges to officers provided by international
organisations for service in The Bahamas. | 1 of 1965
E.L.A.O., 1974 |
[Assent 6th March,
1965]
[Commencement 1st January, 1963] |
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the International
Organisations (Immunities and Privileges of Certain Officers) Act. | Short title and commencement. |
(2) This Act shall
be deemed to have had effect as from the first day of January, 1963. |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- | Interpretation. |
"International
organization" means The United Nations Organization, The United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and any other organization
declared by Order of the Governor-General to be an Organization of which the
United Kingdom or Her Majesty's Government therein and one or more foreign
sovereign powers or the government or governments thereof are members; |
"Minister"
means the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs. |
3. (1) Whenever any person is provided for appointment
to the public service of The Bahamas in pursuance of an agreement entered into
between an international organization and the Government of The Bahamas, it
shall be lawful for the Governor-General by Order to confer upon any such
person, to such extent as may be specified therein, the immunities and
privileges set out in the Schedule to this Act. | Governor-General may confer immunities and privileges
on certain officers. |
(2) The immunities
and privileges specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to this Act, when
conferred upon any such person by Order of the Governor-General under the
provisions of this section, may also be conferred to the extent specified in
such Order upon a husband or wife of such person and upon any relative named
therein who appears to the Governor-General to be dependent upon such person
for support. |
(3)
Every Order made by the Governor-General under the provisions of this section
shall be published by the Minister in the Gazette and shall state the
date from which the immunities and privileges thereby conferred shall take
effect. |
(4) Whenever any
person ceases to be entitled to the immunities and privileges conferred by an
Order of the Governor-General made under the provisions of this section the
Minister shall cause a notice to that effect to be published in the Gazette. |
4. The fact that any person is or was entitled or not
entitled to any of the immunities or privileges set out in the Schedule to this
Act may be conclusively proved by producing the Gazette containing the
relevant Order made by the Governor-General or the notice published under
subsection (4) of section 3 of this Act, as the case may be. | Evidence. |
SCHEDULE (Section 3) |
IMMUNITIES AND
PRIVILEGES |
1. Immunity from
legal process in respect of all words spoken or written and all acts performed
by the officer in his official capacity. |
2. The privilege
of importing furniture and effects free of all duties of customs levied under
the
Tariff Act, the Stamp Act or any other Act amending or replacing any of the
same, at the time of the officer first taking up his post in the public service
of The Bahamas. |