Section 6: Immunities of Commonwealth representatives attending conferences.

(1) Where a conference is held in Nigeria and is attended by representatives of the government or governments of one or more Commonwealth countries, the Minister may compile a list of representatives of the Commonwealth government or governments attending the conference and members of their official staff, and cause that list to be published in the Federal Gazette; and every representative of a government of a Commonwealth country who is for the time being included in the list shall, for the purposes of this Act, be treated as if he were a foreign envoy and, subject to the provisions of this section, such of the members of his official staff as are for the time being included in the list shall be treated for the purpose aforesaid as if they were his retinue.
(2) Whenever it appears to the Minister that any person ceases or begins to be qualified for inclusion in a list compiled under subsection (1) of this section, he may amend the list and cause a notice of the amendment or, if he thinks fit, an amended list to be published in the Federal Gazette.
(3) Every list or notice published under this section in relation to any conference shall include a statement of the date from which the list or amendment takes or took effect.
(4) A person who is a member of the official staff of the representative of the government of a Commonwealth country and is a citizen of Nigeria and is not a citizen of another Commonwealth country shall not be entitled under the foregoing provisions of this section to any immunity, except in respect of things done or omitted to be done in the course of the performance of his duties, and the name of the person whose immunity is limited by this subsection shall be entered in a separate part of any list compiled by the Minister under subsection (1) of this section.