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CHINESE VISA OFFICE IN HONG KONG: DRAFT MEMORANDUM
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The Chinese and British representatives held talks in Beijing in 1983 on matters relating to the Visa Office of the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the People's Republic of China in Hong Kong and reached the following understanding which is additional to the understanding recorded in the joint memorandum of 23 September 1981.
2.
The Visa Office will enjoy the following privileges and
para 2(a) to (C) of immunities in addition to those set out in the memorandum of 23 September 1981:
1. Inviolability of its premises, documents and archives. 2. Exemption from taxes on its estates ("or premises"). 3. Personal inviolability of its China-based officers and their dependents, who will not be subject to arrest or detention in any form. The qualification contained in the British memorandum of 19 June 1981 is withdrawn by the
British side.
4. Immunity for its China based officers from the jurisdiction
of the judicial and administrative authorities to the extent provided for consular officers in Article 43 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
5. Exemption from Customs duties on goods imported to,
exported from and purchased in Hong Kong by its officials and staff members for their own private use.
6. Exemption of the luggage of its Officials from search
except where there are serious grounds for inferring that it contains articles whose import or export is prohibited by the local law or controlled by the local quarantine regulations, in which case search should be carried out only in the presence of the Officials concerned or representatives appointed by them.
3.
In addition to the functions listed in paragraph 11.2 of the memorandum of 23 September 1981, the Visa Office may issue replacement passports to Chinese citizens whose passports are full, or have been lost or stolen, provided that the Visa Office informs