B. REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBERS AND OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
9.—(1) Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived, in the case of representatives of member governments, by the member governments whom they represent, and in the case of persons designated to serve on the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency and their alternates and advisers, by the Board of Governors, representatives of member governments and persons designated to serve on the Board of Governors of the Agency and their alternates and advisers 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 of 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. Such immunity shall continue notwithstanding that the person concerned is no longer engaged in the discharge of such functions; and
(c)
while exercising their functions and during their journey to and from the place of meeting, the like exemption or relief from taxes as is accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign Power accredited to the Republic of Singapore, except that the relief allowed shall not include relief from customs and excise duties or purchase tax except in respect of goods imported as part of their personal baggage. They shall not, where the incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence, be deemed to be resident in the Republic of Singapore during any period when they are present in the Republic of Singapore whilst exercising their functions or during their journey to and from the place of meeting.
(2) For the purposes of the application of this Order, the expression “representatives of member governments” shall be deemed to include all Governors, representatives, alternates, advisers, technical experts and secretaries of delegation.
(3) The provisions of the paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not confer any immunity or privilege upon any person as the representative of the Government of the Republic of Singapore or as a member of the staff of such a representative or any person who is a citizen of Singapore.