Immunities and privileges of Bank personnel

(1) All governors, directors, alternates, officials and employees of, and experts performing missions for, the Bank, (a) shall be immune from legal process with respect to acts performed by them in their official capacity; (b) where they are not local citizens or nationals, shall be accorded such immunities from immigration restrictions, alien registration requirements and national service obligations, and such facilities as regards exchange regulations, as are not less favourable than those accorded by the member concerned to the representatives, officials and employees of comparable rank of any other member. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section hereof, “local citizens and nationals” means persons who are, (a) are ordinarily domiciled in Belize; (b) are born in Belize or of persons who at the time of their birth were domiciled or ordinarily resident in Belize; (c) have obtained the status of a citizen of Belize by registration, or are permanent residents of Belize.