No. S 538
International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act
(Chapter 145)
International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (International Atomic Energy Agency) (Amendment) Order 2007
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act, the President hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order may be cited as the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (International Atomic Energy Agency) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into operation on 8th October 2007.
Amendment of Article 9
2.  Article 9 of the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (International Atomic Energy Agency) Order (O 12) is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(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 —
(a)shall enjoy, 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)shall enjoy 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 to continue notwithstanding that the person concerned is no longer engaged in the discharge of such functions; and
(c)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.”.

Made this 3rd day of October 2007.

By Command,
LAU WAH MING
Secretary to the Cabinet,
Singapore.
[MFA C263/06; AG/LEG/SL/145/2001/1 Vol. 5]
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