Article 13

(1)

Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Fund, the Governors, Executive Directors, their alternates, the Managing Director, the members of the Consultative Committee, experts performing missions for the Fund, and the staff members of the Fund shall enjoy:—

(a)

immunity from suit and legal process in respect of acts performed by them in their official capacity; but this exemption does not apply to staff members in the domestic service of the Fund; and

(b)

except in the case of a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, exemption from income tax in respect of salaries and emoluments paid to them by the Fund.

(2)

Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on the official staff of representatives, other than alternates, nor on the families of representatives or alternates.

(3)

Neither the provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this Article, nor those of Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act, shall operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on any person as the representative or alternate representative of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.