''Part IV-ARRANGEMENTS FOR PERSONS TO GIVE EVIDENCE OR ASSIST INVESTIGATIONS, Division 1 - Requests by Fiji, 16. Immunities''
(1) Where a person is in Fiji pursuant to a request under section 14, or to give evidence in a proceedings, or to give assistance in relation to an investigation, pursuant to a request made by or on behalf of the Attorney-General (not being a request under section 14) for international assistance in a criminal matter, the person, subject to subsection (2), shall not-
(a) be detained, prosecuted or punished in Fiji for any offence that is alleged to have been committed, or that was committed, before the person's departure from the foreign country pursuant to the request;
(b) be subjected to any civil suit in respect of any act or omission of the person that is alleged to have occurred, or that occurred, before the person's departure from the foreign country pursuant to the request, being a civil suit to which the person could not be subjected to if the person were not in Fiji;
(c) be required to give evidence in any proceedings in Fiji other than the proceedings to which the request relates;
(d) be required, in the proceedings to which the request relates, to answer any question that the person would not be required to answer in a proceeding in the foreign country relating to a criminal matter; or
(e) be required, in the proceedings to which the request relates, to produce any document or article that the person would not be required to produce in a proceedings in the foreign country relating to a criminal matter.
(2) A duly authorised foreign law immunity certificate is admissible in proceedings as prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.
(3) Subsection (1) ceases to apply to a person if -
(a) the person has left Fiji; or
(b) the person has had the opportunity of leaving Fiji and has remained in Fiji otherwise than for-
(i) the purpose to which the request relates;
(ii) the purpose of giving evidence in a proceeding in Fiji certified by the Attorney-General, in writing, to be a proceedings in which it is desirable that the person give evidence; or
(iii) the purpose of giving assistance in relation to an investigation in Fiji certified by the Attorney-General, in writing, to be an investigation in relation to which it is desirable that the person give assistance.
(4) A certificate given by the Attorney-General under subparagraph (3)(b)(ii) or (iii) is effective from the date of the certificate.
1. The Court may not proceed with a request for surrender or assistance which would require the requested State to act inconsistently with its obligations under international law with respect to the State or diplomatic immunity of a person or property of a third State, unless the Court can first obtain the cooperation of that third State for the waiver of the immunity.
2. The Court may not proceed with a request for surrender which would require the requested State to act inconsistently with its obligations under international agreements pursuant to which the consent of a sending State is required to surrender a person of that State to the Court, unless the Court can first obtain the cooperation of the sending State for the giving of consent for the surrender.