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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