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Consular Relations.

[CAP. 259

14. (1) The Consular Conventions Ordinance is amended-

(a) by repealing section 5; and

(b) by deleting "or 5" from section 6.

(2) The following Ordinances are repealed-

(a) Consular Privileges Ordinance;

(b) Trade Commissioners Privileges Ordinance; and

(c) Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland

(Immunities and Privileges) Ordinance.

Consequential amendment and repeal of Ordinances.

(Cap. 267.)

(Cap. 189.)

(Cap. 192.)

(Cap. 296.)

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

[ss. 2 & 12(2).]

PROVISIONS OF VIENNA CONVENTION HAVING THE FORCE OF

LAW IN HONG KONG.

ARTICLE 1.

Definitions.

For the purposes of the present Convention, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:

(a) "consular post" means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-consulate

or consular agency;

(b) "consular district" means the area assigned to a consular post for the

exercise of consular functions;

(c) "head of consular post" means the person charged with the duty of

acting in that capacity;

(d) "consular officer" means any person, including the head of a consular post, entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions;

(e) "consular employee" means any person employed in the administrative

or technical service of a consular post;

(f) "member of the service staff" means any person employed in the

domestic service of a consular post;

(g) "members of the consular post" means consular officers, consular

employees and members of the service staff;

(h) "members of the consular staff" means consular officers, other than the head of a consular post, consular employees and members of the service staff;

(i) "member of the private staff" means a person who is employed exclusively in the private service of a member of the consular post;

(j) "consular premises" means the buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used exclusively for the purposes of the consular post;

(k) "consular archives" includes all the papers, documents, correspondence, books, films, tapes and registers of the consular post, together with the ciphers and codes, the card-indices and any article of furniture intended for their protection or safe-keeping.

2.

Consular officers are of two categories, namely career consular officers and honorary consular officers. The provisions of Chapter II of the present Convention apply to consular posts headed by career consular officers; the provisions of Chapter III govern consular posts headed by honorary consular officers.

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