International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (International Telecommunications Union) Order

This Order may be cited as the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (International Telecommunications Union) Order.

The International Telecommunications Union (referred to in this Order as the Union) is an organisation of which the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the governments of foreign sovereign Powers are members.

The Union shall have the legal capacities of a body corporate and, except in so far as in any particular case it has expressly waived its immunity, immunity from suit and legal process. No waiver of immunity shall be deemed to extend to any measure of execution.

The Union shall have the like inviolability of official archives and premises occupied as offices as is accorded in respect of official archives and premises of an envoy of a foreign sovereign Power accredited to the Republic of Singapore.

The Union shall have the like exemption or relief from taxes and rates, other than taxes on the importation of goods, as is accorded to a foreign sovereign Power.

The Union shall have exemption from taxes on the importation of goods directly imported by the Union for its official use in Singapore or for exportation, or on the importation of any of the publications of the Union directly imported by it, such exemption to be subject to compliance with such conditions as the Director-General of Customs and Excise may prescribe for the protection of the revenue.

The Union shall have exemption from prohibitions and restrictions on importation or exportation in the case of goods directly imported or exported by the Union for its official use and in the case of any publications of the Union directly imported or exported by it.

Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Union, any officer of the Union holding the office of Secretary-General (including any officer acting for him during his absence from duty) shall be accorded in respect of himself, his spouse and his children under the age of 21 years, the like immunity from suit and legal process, the like inviolability of residence and the like exemption or relief from taxes, other than income tax, as is accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign Power accredited to the Republic of Singapore, his spouse and children, and exemption from income tax in respect of emoluments received by him as an officer of the Union.

Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Union, officials of the Union of any category specified by it shall enjoy —

The names of the persons to whom the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 apply shall be set forth in a list compiled and published from time to time by the President under section 2(3) of the Act, and such list shall show in regard to each person the date as from which, for the purposes of this Order, he first held the office or employment in question, and the date when he ceased to hold that office or employment.