Diplomatic and Consular Relations (International Monetary Fund) Order 2008

This Order is the Diplomatic and Consular Relations (International Monetary Fund) Order 2008.

In this Order —“Fund” means the International Monetary Fund;“Resident Representative Office” means the Resident Representative Office of the Fund in Singapore.

“Fund” means the International Monetary Fund;

“Resident Representative Office” means the Resident Representative Office of the Fund in Singapore.

This Order does not affect —

the Bretton Woods Agreements Order 1966; and

every other written law which sets out the status, immunities and privileges of the Fund, or any of its officers and employees, for the purpose of giving effect to the Articles of Agreement of the Fund.

The Fund enjoys and has in relation to the Resident Representative Office, in addition to its immunities and privileges under the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (International Monetary Fund) Order 2008 —

freedom from censorship for the official communications of the Resident Representative Office;

the right to use codes; and

the right to send and receive correspondence by courier or in a bag, such courier to enjoy the same inviolability as a diplomatic courier, and such bag to have the same status as a diplomatic bag, under Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.