Diplomatic immunities of representatives attending international conferences
3.—(1) Where a conference is held in Singapore and is attended by the representatives of the Government and the government or governments of one or more foreign sovereign Powers and it appears to the President that doubts may arise as to the extent to which the representatives of the foreign Powers and members of their official staff 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 President that any person ceases or begins to be entitled to such immunities, amend the list and cause a notice of amendment or, if he thinks fit, an amended list, to be published in the Gazette,
and every representative of a foreign Power who is for the time being included in the list shall, for the purpose of any law and rule of law or custom relating to the immunities of an envoy of a foreign Power accredited to the President, 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 that purpose as if they were his retinue.
(2) Every list or notice 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 conference 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 list taking effect before that time, together with the Gazettes (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 that list.