PERATURAN-PERATURAN PERTUBUHAN MENTERI-MENTERI PENDIDIKAN ASIA TENGGARA(SEAMEO) (KEISTIMEWAAN DAN KEKEBALAN) 2012

“Badan-badan subsidiari” ertinya pusat serantau yang ditubuhkan di bawah

Organ Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara yang dinyatakan dalam

Jadual;

“Organ” ertinya organ-organ yang ditubuhkan oleh Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri

Pendidikan Asia Tenggara yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual;

“pegawai” ertinya seseorang pegawai Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan

Asia Tenggara tetapi tidak termasuk pegawai tempatan;

“Pegawai Tinggi” ertinya seseorang yang memegang jawatan ketua eksekutif bagi setiap Organ atau badan-badan subsidiari Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan

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Asia Tenggara dan, dalam hal apabila suatu badan subsidiari mempunyai pejabat di

Malaysia, ketua badan subsidiari tersebut juga di Malaysia;

“Persidangan Antarabangsa” ertinya semua aktiviti yang dianjurkan oleh Organ di bawah Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara termasuk mesyuarat, persidangan, forum, seminar, bengkel, penyelidikan dan kursus;

“Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara” ertinya pertubuhan yang ditubuhkan melalui Piagam Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia

Tenggara yang ditandatangani di Singapura pada 7 Februari 1968 dan termasuklah

Organnya dan badan-badan subsidiari yang ditubuhkan di bawah Organ itu.

Pengisytiharan Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara menjadi organisasi antarabangsa 3.

Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara diisytiharkan menjadi suatu organisasi antarabangsa yang baginya seksyen 4 Akta terpakai.

Keperibadian juridikal

Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara hendaklah mempunyai keperibadian juridikal dan hendaklah mempunyai keupayaan―

Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara hendaklah mempunyai keistimewaan dan kekebalan sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual Pertama Akta.

JADUAL

ORGAN-ORGAN DAN BADAN-BADAN SUBSIDIARI

[Peraturan 2]

1.

Organ-organ adalah seperti yang berikut:

(a)

Majlis Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara (SEAMEC)

(b)

Sekretariat Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara (SEAMES)

2.

Badan-badan subsidiari adalah seperti yang berikut:

(a)

Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara Pusat Serantau bagi Pendidikan Sains dan Matematik (SEAMEO RECSAM)

(b)

Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara Pusat Serantau bagi Pendidikan Khas (SEAMEO SEN)

(c)

Pertubuhan Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan Asia Tenggara Pusat Serantau bagi

Rangkaian

Perubatan

Tropika dan

Kesihatan

Awam

(SEAMEO TROPMED)

Dibuat 8 Mei 2012

[KP HA 008.5.13 Jld. 1 (51); PN(PU2 )507/III]

DATO’ SRI ANIFAH HJ AMAN

Menteri Luar Negeri

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Saya bersetuju,

Bertarikh 5 Jun 2012

DATO' SERI HAJI AHMAD HUSNI BIN MOHAMAD HANADZLAH

Menteri Kewangan Kedua

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1992

SOUTHEAST ASIAN MINISTERS OF EDUCATION ORGANIZATION (SEAMEO)

(PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) REGULATIONS 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred by subsections 3(1) and 4(1) and section 11 of the

International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1992 [Act 485], the

Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, makes the following regulations:

Citation and commencement 1.

(1)

These regulations may be cited as the Southeast Asian Ministers of

Education Organization (SEAMEO) (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 2012.

(2)

These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2012.

Interpretation 2.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Subsidiary bodies” means the regional centres established under the Organs of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization as specified in the Schedule;

“Organs” means the organs established by the Southeast Asian Ministers of

Education Organization as specified in the Schedule;

“officer” means an officer of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education

Organization but does not include an officer who is engaged locally;

“High Officer” means the person holding the post of the executive head of each of the Organs or subsidiary bodies of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education

Organization and, in the case where a subsidiary body has an office in Malaysia, the head of the said subsidiary body in Malaysia;

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“International Conference” means all activities organized by the Organs under the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization which includes meetings, conferences, forums, seminars, workshops, research and courses;

“Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization” means the organization set up by the Charter of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization signed in Singapore on 7 February 1968 and includes its Organs and the subsidiary bodies established under the Organs.

Declaration of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization to be an international organization 3.

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization is declared to be an international organization to which section 4 of the Act applies.

Juridical personality 4.

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization shall have juridical personality and shall have the capacity―

(a)

to contract;

(b)

to acquire, hold and dispose of movable and immovable property; and

(c)

to institute legal proceedings.

Privileges and immunities of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education

Organization 5.

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization shall have the privileges and immunities as specified in the First Schedule to the Act.

Privileges and immunities of High Officer 6.

(1)

A High Officer shall have the privileges and immunities as specified in

Part I of the Second Schedule to the Act.

(2)

A former High Officer shall have the immunities as specified in Part II of the Second Schedule to the Act.

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Privileges and immunities of persons accredited to, or attending, an international conference convened by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization 7.

(1)

A person who is accredited to Southeast Asian Ministers of Education

Organization or is in attendance at, an international conference convened by the

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization as a representative of—

(a)

a country other than Malaysia;

(b)

an international organization; or

(c)

an overseas organization, shall have the privileges and immunities as specified in Part I of the Third Schedule to the Act.

(2)

A person who has ceased to be accredited to the Southeast Asian

Ministers of Education Organization, or has attended the conference, as the representative, shall have the immunities as specified in Part II of the Third Schedule to the Act.

Privileges and immunities of Officer other than High Officer 8.

(1)

An officer shall have the privileges and immunities as specified in Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.

(2)

A former officer shall have the immunities as specified in Part II of the

Fourth Schedule to the Act.

Privileges and immunities of persons serving on committee or participating in the work of, or performing mission on behalf of, the Southeast Asian Ministers of

Education Organization 9.

(1)

A person who is serving on a committee established by the Southeast

Asian Ministers of Education Organization or is participating in the work of, or performing a mission on behalf of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education

Organization shall have the privileges and immunities as specified in Part I of the Fifth

Schedule to the Act.

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(2)

A person who has served on the committee or participated in the work or has performed such a mission shall have the immunities as specified in Part II of the

Fifth Schedule to the Act.

Waiver 10.

(1)

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Council Conference shall have the right to waive the immunities conferred on the Southeast Asian Ministers of

Education Organization from any legal process other than its execution.

(2)

A Member State of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education

Organization or the head of an Organ or subsidiary body of the Southeast Asian

Ministers of Education Organization shall have the power and duty to waive the privileges and immunities conferred on any person who is accredited to the Southeast

Asian Ministers of Education Organization, or is in attendance at an international conference convened by, the Southeast Asian Minister of Education Organization as its representatives where, in the opinion of such Member State or such head, the privileges and immunities would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudicing the purposes for which they were conferred.

shall have the power and duty to waive the privileges and immunities conferred on any

High Officer or officer of an Organ or subsidiary body of the Southeast Asian Ministers of

Education Organization or official or any person who is serving or is participating in the work of, or performing any mission on behalf if the Organs or subsidiary bodies of the

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization where, in its opinion, the privileges and immunities would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudicing the interests of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education

Organization.

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ORGANS AND SUBSIDIARY BODIES

[Regulation 2]

1.

The Organs are as follows:

(a)

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Council (SEAMEC)

(b)

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Secretariat (SEAMES)

2.

The subsidiary bodies are as follows:

(a)

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for

Education in Science and Mathematics (SEAMEO RECSAM)

(b)

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for

Special Education (SEAMEO SEN)

(c)

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Tropical

Medicine and Public Health Network (SEAMEO TROPMED)

Made 8 May 2012

[KP HA 008.5.13 Jld. 1 (51); PN(PU2)507/III]

DATO’ SRI ANIFAH HJ AMAN

Minister of Foreign Affair

I concur,

Dated 5 June 2012

DATO' SERI HAJI AHMAD HUSNI BIN MOHAMAD HANADZLAH

Second Minister of Finance