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Regional Youth Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Order

Legal Notice 42 of 2022

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Regional Youth Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Order
Citation
Legal Notice 42 of 2022
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Privileges and Immunities Act
Date
31 December 2022
Language
English
Type
Legal Notice
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LAWS OF KENYA

PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES ACT

REGIONAL YOUTH FORUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE GREAT LAKES REGION ORDER

LEGAL NOTICE 42 OF 2022

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. CXXIV—No. 61 on 8 April 2022
  • Commenced on 8 April 2022
  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 (Regional Youth Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region).
2.The Regional Youth Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, in this Order referred to as “the Regional Youth Forum”, being an international organization of which the Government of the Republic of Kenya and other Governments are members, is declared to be an organisation to which section 9 of the Act shall apply.
3.The Regional Youth Forum shall have the legal capacity of a body corporate and, in its corporate capacity, to—
(a)enter into contracts;
(b)institute and defend legal proceedings; and
(c)acquire, hold and dispose of movable and immovable property in accordance with the Laws of Kenya.
4.The Regional Youth Forum shall have the privileges and immunities specified in Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Act:Provided that—
(a)immunity from legal processes shall not apply in the case of or claims arising out of commercial transactions, labour and employment disputes, road accidents, civil and criminal actions or omissions or where immunity has been waived by the Director;
(b)tax exemption shall not extend to the owner or lessor of any movable or immovable property rented by the Regional Youth Forum; and
(c)tax exemption shall not extend to the charges for public utility services, business and investment income, and indirect taxes which constitute part of the cost of goods purchased or services rendered.
5.Any person who is an official of the Regional Youth Forum shall, while sojourning to, through and from Kenya and performing duties in the service of the Regional Youth Forum, have the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 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, and working exclusively for, the Regional Youth Forum.
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22 December 2023 amendment not yet applied
31 December 2022 this version
08 April 2022
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