Malaysia legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Consular Relations (Vienna Convention)
(a)
in subsection 2(1) by deleting the definitions of “consular employee”, “consular office” and “consular officer”;
(b)
by deleting Part IV;
(c)
in section 8—
(i)
by deleting the words “or consular officer or consular employee” appearing after the words “chief representative”; and
(ii)
by deleting the words “or the consular staff thereof”
appearing before the words “by such country”;
and
(d)
in paragraph 9(1)(a)—
(i)
by deleting the words “or for the purposes of a consular office of such country or for the residence of a consular officer or consular employee of such country” appearing after the words “official staff”;
and
*NOTE—The Diplomatic and Consular Privileges Ordinance 1957 [Ord. 53 of 1957] has since been repealed by the Diplomatic Privileges (Vienna Convention) (Amendment) Act 1999 [Act A1064]–
see section 5 of Act A1064.
Consular Relations (Vienna Convention)
(ii)
by deleting the words “or consular” appearing after the word “diplomatic”.
(2)
A State referred to under paragraph 5(a) or (b) of the Ordinance and which is not a member of the 1963 Convention shall continue to enjoy the privileges and immunities specified in sections 6 and 7 of the Ordinance.
(3)
For the purpose of this Act, the privileges and immunities referred to under subsection (2) shall be deemed to have been privileges and immunities declared by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under paragraph 4(b) notwithstanding—
(a)
any differences as to the nature and extent of such privileges and immunities and the privileges and immunities under the 1963 Convention; and
(b)
whether or not there is in respect of that State a consular convention as referred to under paragraph 4(b).
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