CONSULAR RELATIONS
Ord. No. 17/70.
(b) the provisions of Articles 31 to 39 and 51 in the First First Sched
Schedule to this Ordinance shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to the premises, official archives, communica- tions, documents and personal property of any such person.
(3) Any order made by the Governor under subsection (1) may exclude from any immunity or privilege conferred under it any person who is permanently resident in Hong Kong or who is a person within the definition of "national of the receiving State" in subsection (2) of section 2.
(4) Any order made by the Governor under subsection (1) may apply to the persons specified in the order and to the prem- ises, residences and communications of such persons the provisions of the Second Schedule.
13. For the purposes of paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of the Second Schedule, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Third Schedule (being Articles 29, 31, 22, paragraph 1 of Article 30 and Article 27, respectively, of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961) shall have the force of law in Hong Kong.
14. (1) The Consular Conventions Ordinance is amended-
(a) by repealing section 5; and
(b) by deleting "or 5" from section 6.
(2) The following Ordinances are repealed----
(a) Consular Privileges Ordinance;
(b) Trade Commissioners Privileges Ordinance; and
(c) Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland
(Immunities and Privileges) Ordinance.
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Second Schedule.
Application of specified Articles in the Vienna Convention
on Diplomatic Relations 1961.
Second Schedule.
Third Schedule.
Consequential amendment and repeal of Ordinances. (Cap. 267.)
(Cap. 189.)
(Cap. 192.)
(Cap. 296.)
1.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
[ss. 2 & 12(2).]
PROVISIONS OF VIENNA CONVENTION HAVING THE FORCE OF
LAW IN HONG KONG.
ARTICLE 1.
Definitions.
For the purposes of the present Convention, the following expres- sions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:
(a) “consular post" means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-
consulate or consular agency;
(b) "consular district" means the area assigned to a consular post
for the exercise of consular functions;