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judicial and
administrative
authorities. Officers of
the Visa Office holding service passports will be immune
from the jurisdiction of the judicial and administrative
authorities in respect of acts performed in the exercise
of official functions. The foregoing provisions of
this paragraph will 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
Hongkong caused by a vehicle, vessel
an accident
or aircraft;
in
(C)
relating to private immovable property
situated in Hongkong 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 pur-
poses of the Visa Office;
(D) relating to succession in which the officer
of the Visa Office is involved as executor, adminis-
trator, 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