The Privileges and Immunities (Commonwealth Secretariat) Order

Legal Notice 16 of 1983

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Legal Notice 16 of 1983
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Privileges and Immunities Act
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31 December 2022
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LAWS OF KENYA

PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES ACT

THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES (COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT) ORDER

LEGAL NOTICE 16 OF 1983

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXXXV—No. 7 on 18 February 1983
  • Commenced on 18 February 1983
  1. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
1.This Order may be cited as the Privileges and Immunities (Commonwealth Secretariat) Order.
2.The Commonwealth Secretariat, in this Order referred to as "the Secretariat", being an organization to which the Government of Kenya and other foreign governments are members, is declared to be an organization to which section 9 of the Act shall apply.
3.The Secretariat shall have—
(a)the legal capacities of a body corporate; and
(b)the privileges and immunities specified in paragraph 4 of Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.
4.Any person who is an employee of the Secretariat shall, while residing in Kenya and performing duties in the service of the Secretariat, have the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 2 to 7 (inclusive) of Part III of the Fourth Schedule to the Act:Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to citizens of Kenya or to any person who is ordinarily resident in Kenya except solely for the purpose of being an employee of, or working exclusively for, the Secretariat.
5.For the purposes of this Order the Secretariat includes any fund or technical assistance agency established by the Secretariat.
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