Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOREIGN STATES IMMUNITIES ACT 1985

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      External Territories  
   5.      Act to bind Crown  
   6.      Savings of other laws  
   7.      Application  
   8.      Application to courts  

   PART I--I--IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION

   9.      General immunity from jurisdiction  
   10.     Submission to jurisdiction  
   11.     Commercial transactions  
   12.     Contracts of employment  
   13.     Personal injury and damage to property  
   14.     Ownership, possession and use of property etc.  
   15.     Copyright, patents, trade marks etc.  
   16.     Membership of bodies corporate etc.  
   17.     Arbitrations  
   18.     Actions in rem  
   19.     Bills of exchange  
   20.     Taxes  
   21.     Related proceedings  
   22.     Application of Part to separate entities  

   PART I--II--SERVICE AND JUDGMENTS

   23.     Service of initiating process by agreement  
   24.     Service through the diplomatic channel  
   25.     Other service ineffective  
   26.     Waiver of objection to service  
   26A.    Judgments and orders in ex parte proceedings  
   27.     Judgments or orders in default of appearance  
   28.     Enforcement of judgments and orders in default of appearance  
   29.     Power to grant relief  

   PART I--V--ENFORCEMENT

   30.     Immunity from execution  
   31.     Waiver of immunity from execution  
   32.     Execution against commercial property  
   33.     Execution against immovable property etc.  
   34.     Restrictions on certain other relief  
   35.     Application of Part to separate entities  

   PART V--MISCELLANEOUS

   36.     Heads of foreign States  
   37.     Effect of agreements on separate entities  
   38.     Power to set aside process etc.  
   39.     Discovery  
   40.     Certificate as to foreign State etc.  
   41.     Certificate as to use  
   42.     Restrictions and extensions of immunities and privileges --general  
   42A.    Extension of immunities--emergency prevention and management  
   43.     Regulations  
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