Exemption from
taxation of
Visa Office.
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Director
Provided that the consent of the head of the
Visa Office shall not be required in case of fire or
other disaster requiring prompt protective action.
Directo
5. The Visa Office and the residence of the head
of Visa Office of which the People's Republic of China
or any person acting on its behalf is the owner or
lessee shall be exempt from all dues and taxes, other
than those representing payment for specific services
rendered.
Inviolability
of archives
and
documents.
6. The Visa Office archives and documents shall
be inviolable at all times and wherever they may be.
Freedom of communication.
7. (1) For the purpose of communications, the
Visa Office may employ all appropriate means, including
couriers, bags and messages in code or cipher.
(2)
All correspondence of the Visa Office relating
to its functions shall be inviolable.
(3) The bag used by the Visa Office for the purpose
of communication shall be neither opened nor detained:
Provided that if the Hong Kong authorities have
reasonable cause to believe that the bag contains
something other than the correspondence, documents or articles referred to in subsection (4), they may request
that the bag be opened in their presence by an
authorized representative of the People's Republic of
China and if this request is refused, the bag shall be
returned to its place of origin.
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