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in Hongkong outside his official functions.

the

in paragraph 4 of

The qualification contained

British Memorandum of 19 June 1981 is withdrawn

by the British side;

6.

Goods imported into, exported from and pur-

chased in Hongkong, either by the Visa Office

Visa Office for of-

ficial use or by its officers for their private will be exempted from duties and taxes;

use,

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 to Chinese citizens whose passports are full, or have

been lost or stolen. (The above-mentioned

citizens should, as is required, clear formalities

Chinese