Section 7Part 3 — Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland
Immunities of Commissioners of scheduled countries and certain other persons
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The Governor may, by order, confer upon the Commissioner and other persons in the service of the Government of any scheduled country holding such offices or classes of offices as may be specified in the order, being offices or classes of offices appearing to him to involve the performance of duties substantially corresponding to those which, in the case of a foreign sovereign power, would be performed by a consular officer, the like immunity from suit and legal process and the like inviolability of official archives as are accorded to consular officers of a foreign sovereign power:
Provided that a person who is a British citizen, a British Dependant Territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen and is not a citizen of any of the scheduled countries shall not be entitled under this subsection to immunity from suit and legal process, except in respect of things done or omitted to be done in the course of the performance of his duties.
If, in any proceedings, any question arises whether or not any person is entitled to immunity from suit and legal process under this section or any order made thereunder, a certificate issued by or under the authority of the Governor stating any fact relevant to that question shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.
The Governor shall compile a list of the persons appearing to him entitled to immunity from suit and legal process under subsection (1), except persons whose immunity is limited by the proviso to that subsection; and the Governor shall, from time to time, amend the list and cause the list and any amendment of the list or any amended list to be gazetted.
Notwithstanding anything in subsections (1) to (3), the Commissioner of any scheduled country in the Islands may waive any immunity conferred by or under this section on himself or any member of his staff.
Defined Terms
Commissionerscheduled country