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Diplomatic Privileges (Vienna Convention) Act 1966 s 3

Diplomatic Privileges (Vienna Convention) Act 1966 s 3

s 3 Application of Vienna Convention

(1) Subject to section 4, the Articles set out in the Schedule (being Articles of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961) shall have the force of law in Malaysia and shall for that purpose be construed in accordance with the following provisions of this section. (2) In those Articles— “agents of the receiving State” shall be construed as including any police officer and any person exercising a power of entry to any premises under any written law in force in Malaysia; “national of the receiving State” shall be construed as meaning a federal citizen. (3) For the purposes of Article 32, a waiver by the head of a mission of any State or any person for the time being performing his functions shall be deemed to be a waiver by that State. (4) Articles 35, 36 and 40 shall be construed as granting any privilege or immunity which they require to be granted. (5) The references in Articles 37 and 38 to the extent to which any privileges and immunities are admitted by the receiving State and to the additional privileges and immunities that may be granted by the receiving State shall be construed as referring respectively to the extent to which any privileges and immunities may be specified by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by order published in the Gazette and to any additional privileges and immunities that may be so specified.

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Find Act 636 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

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).

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