{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diplomatic-privileges-act-1964/schedule-1/part-9/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/81",
  "legislation_title": "Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diplomatic-privileges-act-1964",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/9/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State. He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in the case of:\n(a) a real action relating to private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the purposes of the mission;\n(b) an action relating to succession in which the diplomatic agent is involved as executor, administrator, heir or legatee as a private person and not on behalf of the sending State;\n(c) an action relating to any professional or commercial activity exercised by the diplomatic agent in the receiving State outside his official functions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. 31 para. 1 extended with modifications by S.I. 1984/1978, art. 2(1)(c)(d)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 art. 31 para. 1 applied (17.7.1992) by Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 1991 (c. 41, SIF 68:1), s. 5(1)(c); S.I. 1992/1750, art.2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/81/schedule/1/part/9/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:58:32.543833+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}