llowing privileges and immunities:
a) Immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage, and, in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in their official capacity, immunity from legal process of every kind.
b) Inviolability for all papers and documents.
c) The right to use codes and to receive papers or correspondence by courier or in sealed bags.
d) Exemption in respect of themselves and their spouses from immigration restrictions or aliens registration in the State which they are visiting or through which they are passing in the exercise of their functions.
e) The same facilities in respect of currency or exchange restrictions as are accorded to representatives of comparable rank of diplomatic missions.
f) The same immunities and facilities in respect of their personal baggage as are accorded to members of comparable rank of diplomatic missions.
Article 10
In order to secure for the representatives at the Committee of Ministers complete freedom of speech and complete independence in the discharge of their duties, the immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in discharging their duties shall continue to be accorded, notwithstanding that the persons concerned are no longer engaged in the discharge of such duties.
Article 11
Privileges and immunities are accorded to the representatives of Members, not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves, but in order to safeguard the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Committee of Ministers. Consequently, a Member not only has the right, but is under a duty to waive the immunity of its representative in any case where, in the opinion of the Member, the immunity would impede the course of justice, and where it can be waived without prejudice to the purpose for which the immunity is accorded.
Article 12
a) The provisions of Articles 9, 10 and 11 are not applicable in relation to the authorities of a State of which the person is a national or of which he is or has been a representative.
b) In Articles 9, 10, 11 and 12 "a" above, the expression "representatives" shall be deemed to include all representatives, alternate representatives, advisers, technical experts and secretaries of delegations.
Part V. REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY
Article 13
No administrative or other restriction shall be imposed on the free movement to and from the place of meeting of Representatives to the Consultative Assembly and their substitutes.
Representatives and their substitutes shall, in the matter of customs and exchange control, be accorded:
a) by their own Government, the same facilities as those accorded to senior officials travelling abroad on temporary official duty;
b) by the Governments of other Members, the same facilities as those accorded to representatives of foreign Governments on temporary official duty.
Article 14
Representatives to the Consultative Assembly and their substitutes shall be immune from all official interrogation and from arrest and all legal proceedings in respect of words spoken or votes cast by them in the exercise of their functions.
Article 15
During the sessions of the Consultative Assembly, the Representatives to the Assembly and their substitutes, whether they be Members of Parliament or not, shall enjoy:
a) on their national territory, the immunities accorded in those countries to Members of Parliament;
b) on the territory of all other Member States, exemption from arrest and prosecution.
This immunity also applies whe
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