Samoa

International Criminal Court Act 2007, No.26

PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS


110. Consequential Amendment -

The Head of State Act 1965 is amended by deleting section 5 and substituting the following:
“5. Immunity from legal process-(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Head of State shall be accorded immunity from suit and legal process of any kind whether civil or criminal, including freedom from the arrest of the Head of State’s person, during the Head of State’s term of Office.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall affect the charging, prosecution and arrest of the Head of State where the Head of State is suspected of or is charged with a crime established under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.’.

Keywords

Immunity
State privileges and immunities



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