Article 15
In this Article the expression “the Tribunal” means the Tribunal established by the Convention concerning the Agency for the Control of Armaments signed at Paris on December 14, 1957f1.
Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Tribunal, the Judges and Clerk of the Tribunal shall enjoy:—
The like immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign Power accredited to Her Majesty;
provided that if any Judge or Clerk is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies he shall enjoy such immunity from suit and legal process only in respect of words spoken or written or acts done by him in the course of the performance of his official duties;
Exemption from income tax in respect of emoluments received by them from the Organisation.
Part IV of the Schedule to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any immunity or privilege on members of the official staff of any Judge of the Tribunal or on the family of the Clerk of the Tribunal.
Annotations
Footnotes
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Cmnd. 389.