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in Hongkong outside his official functions.
the
The qualification contained in paragraph 4 of
Memorandum of 19 June 1981 is withdrawn
British
by the British side;
6.
Goods imported into, exported
exported from and pur- chased in Hongkong, either by the Visa Office
Office for of-
ficial use or by its officers for their private use,
will be exempted from duties and taxes;
7. The luggage of the officers of the Visa Office
is exempted from inspection, except where there are
serious grounds for believing that it contains articles whose import or export is prohibited by the local law
or controlled by the local quarantine regulations,
in which case inspection should be carried out only
in the presence of the officers concerned or the repre- sentatives appointed by them;
8. In this Note the term "officers" means officers
who are holders of diplomatic or service passports of the People's Republic of China.
In addition to the function of issuance of visas
provided in paragraph 2 of Article II of the Memorandum of 23 September 1981, the Visa Office may issue replace-
ment passports or certificates substituting passports Chinese citizens whose passports are full, or have
been lost or stolen. (The above-mentioned
to
citizens
Chinese
should, as is required, clear formalities
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