S.L. 191.5 ст. 3Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Court of Human Rights. Officials of the (a) be all of (b) be the (c) be them, (d) be (e) be the (f) have time SIXTH In addition to Agreement, minor children diplomatic envoys For the accordance with by a State Party Convention. In order to i

(1) The Articles set out in the Schedules to this Order (being Articles of the General Agreement on the Privileges and

Immunities of the Council of Europe and of the Sixth Protocol to the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe) shall have the same force of law in Malta.

(2) The Articles referred to in subarticle (1) appear in the First and Second Schedules in the English language only and are being published with the English text of this Order. Article 18

Council of Europe shall: immune from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and acts performed by them in their official capacity and within the limit their authority; exempt from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by Council of Europe; immune, together with their spouses and relatives dependant on from immigration restrictions and aliens’ registration; accorded the same privileges in respect of exchange facilities as are accorded to officials of comparable rank forming part of diplomatic missions to the government concerned; given, together with their spouses and relatives dependant on them, same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as diplomatic envoys; the right to import free of duty their furniture and effects at the of first taking up their post in the country in question, and to re-export the same free of duty to their country of domicile.

Second Schedule PROTOCOL TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE Article 1 the privileges and immunities specified in Article 18 of the General judges shall be accorded in respect of themselves, their spouses and the privileges and immunities, exemptions and facilities accorded to in accordance with international law.

Article 2 purposes of this Protocol, the term "judges" means judges elected in Article 22 of the Convention as well as any ad hoc judge appointed concerned in pursuance of Article 27, paragraph 2, of the

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secure for the judges complete freedom of speech and complete the discharge of their duties, the immunity from legal process in spoken or written and all acts done by them in discharging their continue to be accorded, notwithstanding that the persons concerned are in the discharge of such duties. functions. The plenary Court alone shall be competent to waive judges; it has not only the right, but is under a duty, to waive the immunity in any case where, in its opinion, the immunity would impede the and where it can be waived without prejudice to the purpose for which is accorded.

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