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11.

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Exemption from inspection of personal baggage accompanying consular officers and members of

their families.

Exemption from personal services and contributions.

Exemption from registration of aliens and residence permits.

Additional Privilege,

VIP facilities at Airport for the Head of Mission (and his family when travelling with the Head of Mission).

Immunities

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Inviolability of the consular premises

Inviolability of the consular archives and documents at all times and wherever they may be.

Freedom of communication and freedom of movement (including the consular bag).

Personal inviolability of consular officers (not liable to arrest or detention except in the case of a grave crime and pursuant to a decision by the competent judicial authority).

Immunity from jurisdiction in respect of acts performed in the exercise of consular functions.

Immunity from liability to give evidence concerning matters connected with the exercise of consular functions.

File: PROT 6/1126/75 Date: March 1993

Protocol Division Government Secretariat

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