CHAPTER 1
General Explanations

4. Persons exempt from the application of this Law

Persons to whom the State has agreed to grant immunity under a foreign treaty ; foreign dignitaries of the State ; and ambassadors of foreign countries resident in the Maldives shall be exempt from the application of this Law. Representatives of various foreign institutions whom the State has granted immunity in that respect shall further be exempt from the application of this Law.

Article 98
Cooperation with respect to waiver of immunity and consent to surrender
1. The Court may not proceed with a request for surrender or assistance which would require the requested State to act inconsistently with its obligations under international law with respect to the State or diplomatic immunity of a person or property of a third State, unless the Court can first obtain the cooperation of that third State for the waiver of the immunity.
2. The Court may not proceed with a request for surrender which would require the requested State to act inconsistently with its obligations under international agreements pursuant to which the consent of a sending State is required to surrender a person of that State to the Court, unless the Court can first obtain the cooperation of the sending State for the giving of consent for the surrender.