Policy on the Management of Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges ...

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATIONCertificate in terms of section 9(3) of the Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act, No 37 of 2001,as amended.I, the undersigned (the Chief of State Protocol ) ……… (rank) ……..in the Department ofInternational Relations and Cooperation and as such duly authorized by the Director-General of theDepartment of International Relations and Cooperation to issue this certificate, hereby state thefollowing facts relating to the status of ………… who is the holder of passport number:Mr/Ms …………enjoys no immunities or privileges under the Diplomatic Immunities and PrivilegesAct, 2001 (Act No 37 of 2001), as amended, or the Conventions, barring his / her prosecution in theMagistrates` Court, Pretoria, under case number ………..The only immunities and privileges he / she did enjoy were as …………… conferred on him / her interms of an agreement between the …………… and the Republic of South Africa. These were waived,expressly and in writing, in a document dated ………….., issued by the …………, as provided forunder the Agreement referred to and as further provided for in section 9(3) of the DiplomaticImmunities and Privileges Act, 2001 (Act No 37 of 2001), as amended.Mr/Ms ……….. does not qualify for any other immunities and privileges under the DiplomaticImmunities and Privileges Act, 2001 (Act No 37 of 2001), as amended, or the Conventions and themere fact that he / she holds a diplomatic passport does not itself confer upon him / her any suchimmunities or privileges.Page 80 of 90