Cap. 191 Art. 5Immunities, privileges and capacities of certain international organizations.

(1) This Part shall apply:

(a) to any organization which the Minister may by order declare to be an organization of which Malta or the

Government thereof and one or more other States or the government or governments thereof are members;

(b) to the European Investment Bank; and

(c) to any organization which the House of

(2) The Minister may from time to time by order -

(a) provide that any organization to which this article applies (hereinafter referred to as "the organization") shall, to such extent as may be specified in the order, have the immunities and privileges set out in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act and shall also have the legal capacities of a juridical person;

(b) confer upon -

(i) any persons who are representatives (whether of governments or not) on any organ of the organization or are members of any committee of the organization or of any organ thereof;

(ii) such officers or classes of officers of the organization as may be specified in the order, being the holders of such high offices in the organization as may be so specified; and

(iii) such persons employed on missions on behalf of the organization as may be specified in the order, to such extent as may be specified in the order, the immunities and privileges set out in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act;

(c) confer upon such other classes of officers and servants of the organization as may be specified in the order, to such extent as may be so specified, the immunities and privileges set out in Part III of the Second Schedule to this Act; and Part IV of the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of extending to the staffs of such representatives and members as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of this sub-article and to the families of officers of the organization, any immunities and privileges conferred on the representatives, members or officers under that paragraph, except in so far as the operation of the said Part IV is excluded by the order conferring the immunities and privileges.

(3) An order made under this article may, notwithstanding any provision of any written law, including this Act, confer on any organization or person any immunities or privileges which are required to be conferred on that organization or person in order to give effect to any international agreement in that behalf but shall not confer any immunities or privileges greater in extent than those so required as aforesaid or confer any immunity or privilege upon any person as the representative of the Government of Malta or as a member of the staff of such a representative. suitors to that Court or to any such institution and their agents, counsel and advocates, or to witnesses, experts or other persons whatsoever having business before such Court or such institution such immunities, privileges and facilities as may be required to give effect to any resolution of, or convention approved by, the General Assembly of the United Nations or, in the case of any such institution as aforesaid, as the Minister may deem necessary for the proper discharge of its functions.