AI-assisted research summary: The African Development Bank in Canada is given corporate legal capacity and specified privileges and immunities; certain representatives, officials, and mission experts also receive listed immunities, subject to the stated Agreement sections, and Canadian citizens resident in Canada are not exempted from liability for taxes or duties by this Order.
Order Respecting the Privileges and Immunities of the African Development Bank in Canada His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for External Affairs, pursuant to section 3* of the Privileges and Immunities (International Organizations) Act, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Order respecting the privileges and immunities of the African Development Bank in Canada. S.C. 1974-75-76, c. 69, s. 2 This Order may be cited as the African Development Bank Privileges and Immunities Order. In this Order, Agreement means the Agreement establishing the African Development Bank; (Accord) Convention means the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations; (Convention) Organization means the African Development Bank. (Organisation) The Organization shall have in Canada the legal capacities of a body corporate and shall, to the extent provided in sections 50 to 55 and subsections 57(1), (3) and (4) of the Agreement, have the privileges and immunities set forth in Articles II and III of the Convention. Representatives of states and governments that are members of the Organization shall have in Canada, to the extent provided in section 56 and subsection 57(2) of the Agreement, the privileges and immunities set forth in Article IV of the Convention for representatives of Members. Officials of the Organization shall have in Canada, to the extent provided in section 56 and subsection 57(2) of the Agreement, the privileges and immunities set forth in Article V of the Convention for officials of the United Nations. Experts performing missions for the Organization shall have in Canada, to the extent provided in section 56 and subsection 57(2) of the Agreement, the privileges and immunities set forth in Article VI of the Convention for experts on missions for the United Nations. Nothing in this Order exempts a Canadian citizen, residing or ordinarily resident in Canada, from liability or any taxes or duties imposed by any law in Canada.