{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-criminal-court-immunities-and-privileges-order-2002/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/793",
  "legislation_title": "The International Criminal Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-criminal-court-immunities-and-privileges-order-2002",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived as set out in paragraph 2 of this Article, the judges, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors and the Registrar of the Court shall enjoy:—\n(a) when engaged on or with respect to the business of the Court, the like privileges and immunities as in accordance with the 1961 Convention Articles are accorded to the head of a diplomatic mission;\n(b) exemption from income tax in respect of emoluments received by them as judges, Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutors or Registrar;\n(c) immunity from suit and legal process (even after the expiry of their terms of office) in respect of acts, including words written or spoken, done by them in the exercise of their functions.\n(2) Privileges and immunities may be waived:—\n(a) in the case of a judge or the Prosecutor, by an absolute majority of the judges;\n(b) in the case of a Deputy Prosecutor, by the Prosecutor;\n(c) in the case of the Registrar, by the Presidency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/793/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:09:52.265338+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."
}