FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1967

Foreign Representatives (Privileges and Immunities) LAWS OF MALAYSIA REPRINT Act 541 FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1967 Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006 1 2 FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1967 First enacted … ... ... ... … … … 1967 (Act No. 34 of 1967) Revised 1995 (Act 541 w.e.f. 30 November 1995) … … … … … … … PREVIOUS REPRINT First Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 2002 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 541 FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1967 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title and application 2. Reciprocity of treatment 3. Withholding and withdrawing of treatment 4. Interpretation 4 Laws of Malaysia ACT 541 Foreign Representatives (Privileges and Immunities) 5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 541 FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1967 An Act relating to certain privileges and immunities to be conferred, on the basis of reciprocity of treatment, on representatives of foreign countries, being representatives who are other than those accredited as diplomatic and consular representatives. [3 August 1967] BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short title and application 1. This Act may be cited as the Foreign Representatives (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1967 and shall apply throughout Malaysia. Reciprocity of treatment 2. (1) Where the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that a representative of Malaysia who is accredited to or stationed in a foreign country is accorded any of the privileges and immunities specified in the Vienna Conventions on Consular and Diplomatic Relations, he may, on the basis of reciprocity of treatment, by order, direct that such representative of the foreign country as may be specified in the order, being a representative who is accredited to or stationed in Malaysia be accorded with any of the said privileges and immunities. (2) The order made under this section shall have effect notwithstanding any written law to the contrary. 6 Laws of Malaysia ACT 541 Withholding and withdrawing of treatment 3. Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to preclude the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from declining to accord privileges or immunities to, or from withdrawing the same from, the representatives of any foreign country on the ground that such country is failing to accord corresponding privileges and immunities to the representatives of Malaysia. Interpretation 4. For the purpose of this Act, “representative” means a representative other than a diplomatic and consular representative. Foreign Representatives (Privileges and Immunities) 7 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 541 FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1967 LIST OF AMENDMENTS Amending law Short title – NIL – In force from 8 Laws of Malaysia ACT 541 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 541 FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1967 LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED Section Amending authority – NIL – DICETAK OLEH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD, KUALA LUMPUR BAGI PIHAK DAN DENGAN PERINTAH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA In force from