International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) Order

This Order may be cited as the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) Order.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (referred to in this Order as the Organisation) is an organisation of which the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the governments of foreign sovereign Powers are members.

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

The Organisation shall have the right to avail itself, for telegraphic communications sent by it and containing only matter intended for publication by the press or for broadcasting (including communications addressed to or despatched from places outside Singapore) of any reduced rates applicable for the corresponding service in the case of press telegrams.

Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Organisation, the Director-General and the Deputy Director-General shall be accorded in respect of themselves, their spouses and 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 as is accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign Power accredited to the Republic of Singapore, his spouse and children, including exemption from income tax in respect of emoluments received by them as officers of the Organisation.

Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Organisation, persons employed on missions on behalf of the Organisation shall enjoy —

Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Organisation, all officials of the Organisation (other than those referred to in Article 10) shall enjoy —

The names of the persons to whom the provisions of Articles 9 and 10 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.