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jurisdiction of the judicial and administrative authorities

in respect of acts performed in the exercise of official

The foregoing provisions of this paragraph will

functions.

not apply in the case of civil action:

(A) arising out of a contract concluded by an officer of

the Visa Office in which he does not contract expressly

or impliedly on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of the People's Republic of China;

(B) by a third party for damage arising from an accident

in Hong Kong caused by a vehicle, vessel or aircraft;

(C) relating to private immovable property situated in

Hong Kong unless the officer of the Visa Office holds

it on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of

the People's Republic of China for the purposes of

the Visa Office;

(D) relating to succession in which the officer of the

Visa Office is involved as executor, administrator,

heir or legatee as a private person and not on behalf

of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's

Republic of China;

(E) relating to any professional or commercial activity

exercised by the officer of the Visa Office in Hong

Kong outside his official functions.

The qualification contained in paragraph 4 of the British

memorandum of 19 June 1981 is withdrawn by the British side;

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