This Act may be cited as the Foreign Representatives (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1967 and shall apply throughout Malaysia.
Act 541
Foreign Representatives (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1967
Akta wakil negara asing (keistimewaan dan kekebalan) 1967
An Act relating to certain privileges and immunities to be conferred, on the basis of reciprocity of treatment, on representatives of foreign countries, being representatives who are other than those accredited as diplomatic and consular representatives.
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(1) Where the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that a representative of Malaysia who is accredited to or stationed in a foreign country is accorded any of the privileges and immunities specified in the Vienna Conventions on Consular and Diplomatic Relations, he may, on the basis of reciprocity of treatment, by order, direct that such representative of the foreign country as may be specified in the order, being a representative who is accredited to or stationed in Malaysia be accorded with any of the said privileges and immunities.
(2) The order made under this section shall have effect notwithstanding any written law to the contrary.
Laws of Malaysia ACT 541
Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to preclude the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from declining to accord privileges or immunities to, or from withdrawing the same from, the representatives of any foreign country on the ground that such country is failing to accord corresponding privileges and immunities to the representatives of Malaysia.
For the purpose of this Act, βrepresentativeβ means a representative other than a diplomatic and consular representative.
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Foreign Representatives (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1967 [Act 541] (Laws of Malaysia, lom.agc.gov.my). Retrieved via LawPlayer, https://lawplayer.com/my/act/act-541
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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).