Laws of Ghana Active 1962Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 Act 148 (Revised)
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ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ACT 148 DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ACT, 1962 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART ONE Diplomatic Privileges SECTION 1. Articles to have force of law. 2. International Organisations. 3. Repeals. 4. Commencement. PART TWO Consular Relations 5. Articles to have force of law. 6. Interpretation. 7. Repeals. 8. Commencement. PART THREE Consular Fees 9. Notarial functions. 10. Passports and travel certificates. 11. Entry permits. 12. Visas. 13. Other consular acts. 14. Exhibition of table of fees. 15. Payments into the Consolidated Fund. 16. Offences. 17. Regulations. 18. Interpretation. 19. Repeals. 20. Commencement. SCHEDULES FIRST SCHEDULE The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations SECOND SCHEDULE The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations THIRD SCHEDULE Notarial Acts and Kindred Matters III - 2401 [Issue 1] Diplomatic Relations SECOND SCHEDULE The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations THIRD SCHEDULE Notarial Acts and Kindred Matters III - 2401 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diploftiatic Relations Act, 1962 FOURTH SCHEDULE Visas FIFTH SCHEDULE Registration of Citizens and ofBirths, Deaths and Marriages and Other Matters ACT 148 DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ACT, 19621 AN ACT to amend and consolidate the law relating to diplomatic and consular rela tions and to provide for fees to be charged by consular officers for acts done and services rendered and for related matters.2 PART ONE Diplomatic Privileges 1. Articles to have force of law Articles 22, 23, 24, and 27 to 40 of the Vienna Convention3 (which regulate the immu nities and privileges, including exemption from taxation, freedom of communication, invio lability of premises and immunity from civil and criminal jurisdiction, to be conferred on diplomatic agents) shall have the force of law and references in the Convention set out in the First Schedule to the receiving State shall, for this purpose, be construed as references to the Republic. 2. erences in the Convention set out in the First Schedule to the receiving State shall, for this purpose, be construed as references to the Republic. 2. International Organisations The President may, by legislative instrument, make Regulations extending any or all of the immunities and privileges conferred on diplomatic agents by virtue of this Act to prescribed organisations and prescribed representatives and officials, subject to the condi tions and limitations prescribed in the instrument. 1. This Act consolidates the Diplomatic Immunities Act, 1962 (Act 148), the Consular Relations Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 150) and the Consular Fees Act, 1964 (Act 231). 2. The Diplomatic Immunities Act, 1962 (Act 148) gave effect to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Rela tions, signed in Vienna on the 18th day of April, 1961. The date of assent to the Act was 7th November, 1962. the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Rela tions, signed in Vienna on the 18th day of April, 1961. The date of assent to the Act was 7th November, 1962. Tire Preamble to the 1962 Act reads: “WHEREAS a Convention entitled the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the fact of which is set out in the Schedule to this Act, and is in this Act referred to as “the Vienna Convention” was signed on behalf of the Government of Ghana in Vienna on (he 18th day of April, 1961, for promoting friendly re lations among nations by establishing in common agreement uniform principles and rules relating to diplo matic intercourse, privileges and immunities: AND WHEREAS it is decided to give effect to the Vienna Convention and to provide, so far as neces sary, that its provisions shall have (he force of law in Ghana: AND WHEREAS it is intended that (he Vienna Convention shall replace the Diplomatic Privileges Ordinance conferring immunities and privileges on staffs, representatives and members of committees of, and persons on missions on behalf of, certain international organisations and in respect of the property, premises and documents of such organisations.” 3. As set out in the First Schedule. [Issue 1] III - 2402 organisations and in respect of the property, premises and documents of such organisations.” 3. As set out in the First Schedule. [Issue 1] III - 2402 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 3. Repeals Spent.4 4. Commencement Omitted.5 PART TWO 6 Consular Relations 5. Articles to have force of law The following articles of the Convention, the text of which is set out in the Second Schedule shall have the force of law, namely, (a) article 31 (inviolability of the consular premises); (b) article 32 (exemption from taxation of consular premises); (c) article 33 (inviolability of consular archives and documents); (d) articles 40 to 53 and 55 to 57 (facilities, privileges and immunities relating to career consular officers and other members of a consular post); (e) articles 58 to 67 (facilities, privileges and immunities relating to honorary consular officers). 6. Interpretation For the purposes of this Part, references in the articles mentioned in section 5 to “the receiving State” shall be construed as references to the Republic. 4. The provision reads, “(1) The Diplomatic Privileges Ordinance, (Cap. 268) and the Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries) Ordinance, 1957 (No. 22) are repealed. ds, “(1) The Diplomatic Privileges Ordinance, (Cap. 268) and the Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries) Ordinance, 1957 (No. 22) are repealed. (2) Pending the making of regulations under section 2 of this Act, organisations and persons to whom the Diplomatic Privileges Ordinance applied shall continue to be entitled to the privileges and immuni ties conferred by that Ordinance, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Vienna Convention to which section 2 of this Act applies.” 5. The section provided for the appointment of the commencement day by legislative instrument. The Presi dent by L.I. 279 appointed the 1st day of July, 1963 as the day on which the Act came into operation. 6. This Pari was issued as the Consular Relations Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. ed the 1st day of July, 1963 as the day on which the Act came into operation. 6. This Pari was issued as the Consular Relations Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 150), with a Preamble which reads, “WHEREAS a Convention entitled the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the text of which is set out in the Schedule to this Decree and is in this Decree referred to as ‘the Convention’ was signed on behalf of the Government of Ghana in Vienna on the 24th day of April in the year 1963 and ratified by the said Government on the 4th day of October in the same year: AND WHEREAS the adoption of the provisions of the said Convention regulating Consular relations, privileges and immunities would contribute to (he development of friendly relations amongst nations: AND WHEREAS it is decided (o give effect to the said Convention and, for that purpose to provide that certain provisions (hereof shall have (he force of law in Ghana: The Decree was made on the 17th day of March, 1967 and was notified in the Gazette on 23rd March, 1967.” Ill - 2403 [Issue 1] e force of law in Ghana: The Decree was made on the 17th day of March, 1967 and was notified in the Gazette on 23rd March, 1967.” Ill - 2403 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 7. Repeals Spent? 8. Commencement Spent? PART THREE9 Consular Fees 9. Notarial functions A consular officer who, in the exercise of the powers conferred on that officer by sec tion 10 of Notaries Public Act, 1960 (Act 26), performs a notarial act set out in the first column of the Third Schedule shall charge in respect of that act the fee as may be speci fied in that behalf by the Minister by legislative instrument. 10. Passports and travel certificates A consular officer who is authorised by the Minister to issue passports and travel certificates to citizens shall charge the prescribed fee in respect of each passport or travel certificate that is issued. 11. Entry permits The prescribed fee shall be paid in respect of an entry permit issued by a consular officer. 12. Visas A consular officer who grants a visa to a national of a country set out in the first column of the Fourth Schedule shall, according to the nature of the visa as indicated in that Sched ule, charge the relevant fee specified in the second or third column of that Schedule, or as may be determined by the Minister by legislative instrument. 13. arge the relevant fee specified in the second or third column of that Schedule, or as may be determined by the Minister by legislative instrument. 13. Other consular acts The fees to be charged by a consular officer for the acts set out in the first column of the Fifth Schedule shall be as may be specified by the Minister by legislative instrument. 7. Section 3 of (he Consular Relations Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D, 150) repealed the Consular Conventions Ordi nance, 1982 (No. 32 of 1982). 8. Section 4 of the Consular Relations Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 150) provided for the date of commencement of the Decree by legislative instrument. The L.I. 354 appointed the 1st day of May, 1964 as the date for the commencement of the Consular Fees Act, 1964 (Act 231). 9. This Part was enacted as the Consular Fees Act, 1964 (Act 231) which made provision for the fees to be charged by consular offices for acts done and services rendered by them in the performance of their func tions. The Act was assented to on 6th April, 1964. Owing to the constant changes in the exchange rate the Minister is here given power by legislative instrument to specify the fees. (Issue 1] ill - 2404 wing to the constant changes in the exchange rate the Minister is here given power by legislative instrument to specify the fees. (Issue 1] ill - 2404 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 14. Exhibition of table of fees A consular officer shall exhibit in a conspicuous place in the consular office a copy of the table of fees to be paid under this Act or the Regulations and shall permit the table to be inspected during office hours by a person interested in the table of fees. 15. Payments into the Consolidated Fund The fees paid to a consular officer in respect of an act done or a service rendered by that officer in the exercise of consular functions shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. 16. Offences (1) A consular officer shall not, except as provided by this Act or the Regulations, request or accept a fee or reward for or on account of an act done or a service rendered in the execution of a duty as a consular officer. (2) A consular officer who acts in contravention of subsection (1) commits an of fence and is, without prejudice to any other liability, liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding fifty penalty units recoverable in the High Court in proceedings instituted in accordance with article 88 of the Constitution. 17. nalty not exceeding fifty penalty units recoverable in the High Court in proceedings instituted in accordance with article 88 of the Constitution. 17. Regulations (1) The Minister, with the consent of the Minister responsible for Finance, may by legislative instrument, make Regulations (a) to amend the Third, Fourth and Fifth Schedules; (b) to prescribe the fee to be charged respectively for the issue of a passport, a travel certificate and an entry permit; (c) to prescribe the fees in respect of an act done and a service rendered by a consular officer not otherwise provided for in this Act, (i) in connection with a vessel or an aircraft registered in the Republic while that vessel or aircraft is in the consular district, or country of residence of that officer, or (ii) in pursuance of a consular convention made between the Republic and any other countiy. (2) Regulations under subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) shall be made with the concurrence of the Ministers responsible for Shipping and Aviation respectively. 18. aph (i) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) shall be made with the concurrence of the Ministers responsible for Shipping and Aviation respectively. 18. Interpretation In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, “citizen” means a citizen of Ghana; “consular officer” includes a Consular-General, Consul, Vice-Consul and a person authorised for the time being to exercise consular functions; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs; “Regulations” means Regulations made under section 2 or section 17 of this Act. Ill - 2405 (Issue 1] ans the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs; “Regulations” means Regulations made under section 2 or section 17 of this Act. Ill - 2405 (Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 19. Repeals Omitted)0 20. Commencement Omitted)' SCHEDULES FIRST SCHEDULE (Section 1] The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations The States Parties to the present Convention Recalling that peoples of all nations from ancient times have recognised the status of dip lomatic agents. he States Parties to the present Convention Recalling that peoples of all nations from ancient times have recognised the status of dip lomatic agents. Having in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations con cerning the sovereign equality of States, the maintenance of international peace and security, and the promotion of friendly relations among nations, Believing that an international convention on diplomatic intercourse, privileges, and immu nities would contribute to the development of friendly relations among nations, irrespective of their differing constitutional and social system, Affirming that the rules of customary international law should continue to govern ques tions not expressly regulated by the provisions of the present Convention, Have agreed as follows: ARTICLE 1 For the purpose of the present Convention, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them: (a) the “head of the mission” is the person charged by the sending State with the duty of acting in that capacity; (b) the “members of the mission” are the head of the mission and the members of the staff of the mission; (c) the “members of the staff of the mission” are the members of the diplomatic staff, of the administrative and technical staff and of the service staff of the mission; (d) the “members of the diplomatic staff” are the members of the staff of the mis sion having diplomatic rank; 10. f the service staff of the mission; (d) the “members of the diplomatic staff” are the members of the staff of the mis sion having diplomatic rank; 10. Section 10 of the Consular Fees Act, 1964 provided for the repeal of the Fees (Passport and Visas) Ordi nance, 1957 (No. 9). 11. Section 12 of the Consular Fees Act, 1964 provided for the commencement of the Act by reference to a legislative instrument L.I. 354 of 1964, appointed the 1st day of May, 1964 as the date for the commence ment of the Act. [Issue 1] III - 2406 ce to a legislative instrument L.I. 354 of 1964, appointed the 1st day of May, 1964 as the date for the commence ment of the Act. [Issue 1] III - 2406 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 (e) a "diplomatic agent” is the head of the mission or a member of the diplomatic staff of the mission; ( the members of the administrative and technical and service staff of the mission; (g) the “members of the service staff” are the members of the staff of the mission in the domestic service of the mission; (h) a “private servant” is a person who is in the domestic service of a member of the mission and who is not an employee of the sending State; (i) the “premises of the mission” are the buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used for the purposes of the mission including the residence of the head of the mission. ARTICLE 2 The establishment of diplomatic relations between States, and of permanent diplomatic missions, takes place by mutual consent. ARTICLE 3 1. ARTICLE 2 The establishment of diplomatic relations between States, and of permanent diplomatic missions, takes place by mutual consent. ARTICLE 3 1. The functions of a diplomatic mission consist inter alia in: (a) representing the sending State in the receiving Stale; (b) protecting in the receiving Slate the interests of the sending Slate and of its na tionals, within the limits permitted by international law; (c) negotiating with the Government of the receiving State; (d) ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments in the receiving Slate, and reporting thereon lo Ihe Government of the sending Stale; (e) promoting friendly relations between (he sending Slate and the receiving Slate, and developing their economic, cultural and scientific relations. 2. Nothing in the present Convention shall be construed as preventing the performance of consular functions by a diplomatic mission. ARTICLE 4 1. The sending Stale must make certain that the agreement of the receiving Slate has been given for the person it proposes to accredit as head of the mission to that State. 2. The receiving State is not obliged to give reasons to the sending Slate for a refusal of agreement. ARTICLE 5 1. head of the mission to that State. 2. The receiving State is not obliged to give reasons to the sending Slate for a refusal of agreement. ARTICLE 5 1. The sending Stale may, after it has given due notification to the receiving Slate concerned, accredit a head of mission or assign any member of the diplomatic staff, as the case may be, to more than one State, unless there is express objection by any of the receiv ing Slates. 2. If the sending Slate accredits a head of mission to one or more other States it may es tablish a diplomatic mission headed by a charge d’affaires ad interim in each State where the head of mission has not his permanent seat. 3. A head of mission or any member of the diplomatic staff of the mission may act as representative of the sending Slate to any international organisation. Ill - 2407 [Issue 1] y member of the diplomatic staff of the mission may act as representative of the sending Slate to any international organisation. Ill - 2407 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 6 Two or more States may accredit the same person as head of mission to another State, unless objection is offered by the receiving State. ARTICLE 7 Subject to the provisions of Articles 5, 8, 9 and 11, the sending State may freely appoint the members of the staff of the mission. In the case of military, naval or air attaches, the re ceiving State may require their names to be submitted beforehand for its approval. ARTICLE 8 1. Members of the diplomatic staff of the mission should in principle be of the national ity of the sending State. 2. Members of the diplomatic staff of the mission may not be appointed from among persons having the nationality of the receiving State, except with the consent of that State which may be withdrawn at any time. 3. The receiving State may reserve the same right with regard to nationals of a Third State who are not also nationals of the sending State. ARTICLE 9 1. The receiving State may reserve the same right with regard to nationals of a Third State who are not also nationals of the sending State. ARTICLE 9 1. The receiving Stale may at any time and without having to explain its decision, notify the sending State that the head of the mission or any member of the diplomatic staff of the mission is persona non grata or that any other member of the staff of the mission is not ac ceptable. In any such case, the sending State shall, as appropriate, either recall the person con cerned or terminate his functions with the mission. A person may be declared non grata or not acceptable before arriving in the territory of the receiving State. 2. If the sending Slate refuses or fails within a reasonable period to carry out its obliga tions under paragraph 1 of this Article, the receiving State may refuse to recognise the person concerned as a member of the mission. ARTICLE 10 1. ga tions under paragraph 1 of this Article, the receiving State may refuse to recognise the person concerned as a member of the mission. ARTICLE 10 1. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving Stale, or such other ministry as may be agreed, shall be notified of: (a) the appointment of members of the mission, their arrival and their final departure or the termination of their functions with the mission; (b) the arrival and final departure of a person belonging to the family of a member of the mission and, where appropriate, the fact that a person becomes or ceases to be a member of the family of a member of the mission; (c) the arrival and final departure of private servants in the employ of persons re ferred to in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph and, where appropriate, the fact that they are leaving the employ of such person; (d) the engagement and discharge of persons resident in the receiving Slate as mem bers of the mission or private servants entitled to privileges and immunities. 2. Where possible, prior notification of arrival and final departure shall also be given. ARTICLE 11 1. In the absence of specific agreement as to the size of the mission, the receiving State may require that the size of a mission be kept within limits considered by it to be reasonable (Issue 1] III - 2408 f the mission, the receiving State may require that the size of a mission be kept within limits considered by it to be reasonable (Issue 1] III - 2408 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 and normal, having regard to circumstances and conditions in the receiving State and to the needs of the particular mission. 2. The receiving State may equally, within similar bounds and on a non-discriminatory basis, refuse to accept officials of a particular category. ARTICLE 12 The sending State may not, without the prior express consent of the receiving State, es tablish offices forming part of the mission in localities other than those in which the mission itself is established. ARTICLE 13 1. The head of the mission is considered as having taken up his functions in the receiv ing State either when he has presented his credentials or when he has notified his arrival and a true copy of his credentials has been presented to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the re ceiving Stale, or such other ministry as may be agreed in accordance with the practice prevail ing in the receiving Stale which shall be applied in a uniform manner. 2. The order of presentation of credentials or of a true copy thereof will be determined by the dale and time of the arrival of the head of the mission. ARTICLE 14 1. presentation of credentials or of a true copy thereof will be determined by the dale and time of the arrival of the head of the mission. ARTICLE 14 1. Heads of mission are divided into three classes, namely: (a) that of ambassadors or nuncios accredited to Heads of State, and other heads of mission of equivalent rank; (b) that of envoys, ministers and internuncios acciedited to Heads of Slate; (c) that of charge d’affaires accredited to Ministers for Foreign Affairs. 2. Except as concerns precedence and etiquette, there shall be no differentiation between heads of mission by reason of their class. ARTICLE 15 The class to which (he heads of their missions are to be assigned shall be agreed between States. ARTICLE 16 1. Heads of mission shall take precedence in their respective classes in the order of the date and time of taking up their functions in accordance with Article 13. 2. Alterations in the credentials of a head of mission not involving any change of class shall not affect his precedence. 3. This Article is without prejudice to any practice accepted by the receiving State re garding the precedence of the representative of the Holy See. 3. This Article is without prejudice to any practice accepted by the receiving State re garding the precedence of the representative of the Holy See. ARTICLE 17 The precedence of the members of the diplomatic staff of the mission shall be notified by the head of the mission to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs or such other ministry as may be agieed. ARTICLE 18 The procedure to be observed in each State for the reception of heads of mission shall be uniform in respect of each class. Ill - 2409 [Issue 1] LE 18 The procedure to be observed in each State for the reception of heads of mission shall be uniform in respect of each class. Ill - 2409 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 19 1. If the post of head of the mission is vacant, or if the head of the mission is unable to perform his functions, a charge d’affaires ad interim shall act provisionally as head of the mission. The name of the charge d’affaires ad interim shall be notified, either by the head of the mission or, in case he is unable to do so, by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the sending Stale to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or such other ministry as may be agreed. 2. In cases where no member of the diplomatic staff of the mission is present in the re ceiving State, a member of the administrative and technical staff may, with the consent of the receiving State, be designated by the sending State to be in charge of the current administra tive affairs of the mission. ARTICLE 20 The mission and its head shall have the right to use the flag and emblem of the sending Slate on the premises of the mission, including the residence of the head of the mission, and on his means of transport. ARTICLE 21 1. of the sending Slate on the premises of the mission, including the residence of the head of the mission, and on his means of transport. ARTICLE 21 1. The receiving Stale shall either facilitate the acquisition on its territory, in accordance with its laws, by the sending State of premises necessary for its mission or assist the latter in obtaining accommodation in some other way. 2. It shall also, where necessary, assist missions in obtaining suitable accommodation for their members. ARTICLE 22 1. The premises of the mission shall be inviolable. The agents of the receiving State may not enter them, except with the consent of the head of the mission. 2. The receiving State is under a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the premises of the mission against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the mission or impairment of its dignity. 3. The premises of the mission, their furnishings and other property thereon and the means of transport of the mission shall be immune from search, requisition, attachment or execution. ARTICLE 23 1. The sending Stale and the head of the mission shall be exempt from all national, re gional or municipal dues and taxes in respect of the premises of the mission, whether owned or leased, other than such as represent payment for specific services rendered. ues and taxes in respect of the premises of the mission, whether owned or leased, other than such as represent payment for specific services rendered. 2. The exemption from taxation referred lo in this Article shall not apply to such dues and taxes payable under the law of the receiving State by persons contracting with the sending State or the head of the mission. ARTICLE 24 The archives and documents of the mission shall be inviolable at any time and wherever they may be. ARTICLE 25 The receiving State shall accord full facilities for the performance of the functions of the mission. [Issue 1] III - 2410 ver they may be. ARTICLE 25 The receiving State shall accord full facilities for the performance of the functions of the mission. [Issue 1] III - 2410 ACT 148 Diplo/natic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 26 Subject to its laws and regulations concerning zones, entry into which is prohibited or regulated for reasons of national security, the receiving Slate shall ensure to all members of the mission, freedom of movement and travel in its territory. ARTICLE 27 1. The receiving State shall permit and protect free communication on the part of the mission for all official purposes. In communicating with the Government and the other mis sions and consulates of the sending State, wherever situated, the mission may employ all ap propriate means, including diplomatic couriers and messages in code or cipher. However, the mission may install and use a wireless transmitter only with the consent of the receiving State. 2. The official correspondence of the mission shall be inviolable. Official correspon dence means all correspondence relating to the mission and its functions. 3. The diplomatic bag shall not be opened or detained. 4. The packages constituting the diplomatic bag must bear visible external marks of their character and may contain only diplomatic documents or articles intended for official use. 5. diplomatic bag must bear visible external marks of their character and may contain only diplomatic documents or articles intended for official use. 5. The diplomatic courier, who shall be provided with an official document indicating his status and the number of packages constituting the diplomatic bag, shall be protected by the receiving State in the performance of his functions. He shall enjoy personal inviolability and shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. 6. The sending Slate or the mission may designate diplomatic couriers ad hoc. In such cases the provisions of paragraph 5 of this Article shall also apply, except that the immunities therein mentioned shall cease to apply when such a courier has delivered to the consignee the diplomatic bag in his charge. 7. A diplomatic bag may be entrusted to the captain of a commercial aircraft scheduled to land at an authorised port of entry. He shall be provided with an official document indicat ing the number of packages constituting the bag but he shall not be considered to be a diplo matic courier. The mission may send one of its members to take possession of the diplomatic bag directly and freely from the captain of the aircraft. ARTICLE 28 The fees and charges levied by the mission in the course of its official duties shall be ex empt from all dues and taxes. of the aircraft. ARTICLE 28 The fees and charges levied by the mission in the course of its official duties shall be ex empt from all dues and taxes. ARTICLE 29 The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. The receiving State shall treat him with due respect and shall take all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on his person, freedom or dignity. ARTICLE 30 1. The private residence of a diplomatic agent shall enjoy the same inviolability and pro tection as the premises of the mission. 2. His papers, correspondence and, except as provided in paragraph 3 of Article 31, his property, shall likewise enjoy inviolability. ill-241J (Issue 1] His papers, correspondence and, except as provided in paragraph 3 of Article 31, his property, shall likewise enjoy inviolability. ill-241J (Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 31 1. A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State. He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in the case of: (a) a real action relating to private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the pur pose of the mission; (b) an action relating to succession in which the diplomatic agent is involved as ex ecutor, administrator, heir or legatee as a private person and not on behalf of the sending State; (c) an action relating to any professional or commercial activity exercised by the diplomatic agent in the receiving State outside his official functions. 2. A diplomatic agent is not obliged to give evidence as a witness. 3. No measures of execution may be taken in respect of a diplomatic agent except in the cases coming under subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article, and provided that the measures concerned can be taken without infringing the inviolability of his person or of his residence. 4. ph 1 of this Article, and provided that the measures concerned can be taken without infringing the inviolability of his person or of his residence. 4. The immunity of a diplomatic agent from the jurisdiction of the receiving State does not exempt him from the jurisdiction of the sending Stale. ARTICLE 32 1. The immunity from jurisdiction of diplomatic agents and of persons enjoying immu nity under Article 37 may be waived by the sending State. ' 2. Waiver must always be express. 3. The initiation of proceedings by a diplomatic agent or by a person enjoying immunity from jurisdiction under Article 37 shall preclude him from invoking immunity from jurisdic tion in respect of any counterclaim directly with the principal claim. 4. Waiver of immunity from jurisdiction in respect of civil or administrative proceedings shall not be held to imply waiver of immunity in respect of the execution of the judgment, for which a separate waiver shall be necessary. ARTICLE 33 1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article a diplomatic agent shall with respect to services rendered for the sending State be exempt from social security provisions which may be in force in the receiving State. 2. all with respect to services rendered for the sending State be exempt from social security provisions which may be in force in the receiving State. 2. The exemption provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall also apply to private servants who are in the sole employ of a diplomatic agent, on condition: (a) that they are not nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State; and (b) that they are covered by the social security provisions which may be in force in the sending State or a third State. 3. A diplomatic agent who employs persons to whom the exemption provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article does not apply shall observe the obligations which the social secu rity provisions of the receiving State impose upon employers. 4. The exemption provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not preclude voluntary participation in the social security system of the receiving State provided that such participation is permitted by that State. (Issue 1] III - 2412 y participation in the social security system of the receiving State provided that such participation is permitted by that State. (Issue 1] III - 2412 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 5. The provisions of this Article shall not affect bilateral or multilateral agreements con cerning social security concluded previously and shall not prevent the conclusion of such agreements in the future. ARTICLE 34 A diplomatic agent shall be exempt from all dues and taxes, personal or real, national, regional or municipal, except; (a) indirect taxes of a kind which are normally incorporated in the price of goods or services; (b) dues and taxes on private immovable properly situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the purpose of the mission; (c) estate, succession or inheritance duties levied by the receiving State, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of Article 38; (d) dues and taxes on private income having its sources in the receiving States and capital taxes on investments made in commercial undertakings in the receiving State; (e) charges levied for specific services rendered; () registration, court or record fees, mortgage dues and stamp duty, with respect to immovable property, subject to the provisions of Article 23. red; () registration, court or record fees, mortgage dues and stamp duty, with respect to immovable property, subject to the provisions of Article 23. ARTICLE 35 The receiving Stale shall exempt diplomatic agents from all personal services, from all public service of any kind and from military obligations such as those connected with requisi tioning, military contributions and billeting. ARTICLE 36 1. The receiving State shall, in accordance with such laws and regulations as it may adopt, permit entry of and grant exemption from all customs duties, taxes and related charges other than charges for storage, cartage and similar services, on: (a) articles for the official use of the mission; (b) articles for the personal use of a diplomatic agent or members of his family forming part of his household, including articles intended for his establishment. 2. The personal baggage of a diplomatic agent shall be exempt from inspection, unless there are serious grounds for presuming that it contains articles not covered by the exemptions mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article, or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by the law or controlled by the quarantine regulations of the receiving State. Such inspection shall be conducted only in the presence of the diplomatic agent or of his authorised representative. ARTICLE 37 1. he receiving State. Such inspection shall be conducted only in the presence of the diplomatic agent or of his authorised representative. ARTICLE 37 1. The members of the family of a diplomatic agent forming part of his household shall, if they are not nationals of the receiving State, enjoy the privileges and immunities specified in Articles 29 to 36. 2. Members of the administrative and technical staff of the mission, together with mem bers of their families forming pail of their respective households, shall, if they are not nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State, enjoy the privileges and immunities ill-2413 [Issue 1] households, shall, if they are not nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State, enjoy the privileges and immunities ill-2413 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 specified in Articles 29 to 35, except that the immunity from civil and administrative jurisdic tion of the receiving State specified in paragraph 1 of Article 31 shall not extend to acts per formed outside the course of their duties. They shall also enjoy the privileges specified in Ar ticle 36, paragraph 1, in respect of articles imported at the time of first installation. 3. Members of the service staff of the mission who are not nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State shall enjoy immunity in respect of acts performed in the course of their duties, exemption from duties and taxes on the emoluments they receive by reason of their employment and the exemption contained in Article 33. 4. Private servants of members of the mission shall, if they are not nationals of or per manently resident in the receiving State, be exempt from dues and taxes on the emoluments they receive by reason of their employment. In other respects, they may enjoy privileges and immunities only to the extent admitted by the receiving State. receive by reason of their employment. In other respects, they may enjoy privileges and immunities only to the extent admitted by the receiving State. However, the receiving State must exercise its jurisdiction over those persons in such a manner as not to interfere unduly with the performance of the functions of the mission. ARTICLE 38 1. Except insofar as additional privileges and immunities may be granted by the receiv ing State, a diplomatic agent who is a national of or permanently resident in that State shall enjoy only immunity from jurisdiction, and inviolability, in respect of official acts performed in the exercise of his functions. 2. Other members of the staff of the mission and private servants who are nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State shall enjoy privileges and immunities only to the extent admitted by the receiving State. However, the receiving State must exercise its jurisdic tion over those persons in such a manner as not to interfere unduly with the performance of the functions of the mission. ARTICLE 39 1. e its jurisdic tion over those persons in such a manner as not to interfere unduly with the performance of the functions of the mission. ARTICLE 39 1. Every person entitled to privileges and immunities shall enjoy them from the moment he enters the territory of the receiving State on proceeding to take up his post or, if already in its territory, from the moment when his appointment is notified to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs or such other ministry as may be agreed. 2. When the functions of a person enjoying privileges and immunities have come to an end, such privileges and immunities shall normally cease at the moment when he leaves the country or on expiry of a reasonable period in which to do so, but shall subsist until that time, even in the case of an armed conflict. However, with respect to acts performed by such a per son in the exercise of his functions as a member of the mission, immunity shall continue to subsist. 3. In case of the death of a member of the mission, the members of his family shall con tinue to enjoy the privileges and immunities to which they are entitled until the expiry of a reasonable period in which to leave the country. 4. con tinue to enjoy the privileges and immunities to which they are entitled until the expiry of a reasonable period in which to leave the country. 4. In the event of the death of a member of the mission, not a national or permanent resident in the receiving State or a member of his family forming part of his household, the receiving State shall permit the withdrawal of the movable property of the deceased, with the exception of any property acquired in the country the export of which was prohibited at the time of his death. Estate, succession and inheritance duties shall not be levied on movable property the presence of which in the receiving State was due solely to the presence thereof the deceased as a member of the mission or as a member of the family of a member of the mission. [Issue 1] III - 2414 e solely to the presence thereof the deceased as a member of the mission or as a member of the family of a member of the mission. [Issue 1] III - 2414 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 40 1. If a diplomatic agent passes through or is in the territory of a third State, which has granted him a passport visa if such visa was necessary, while proceeding to take up or to return to his post, or when returning to his own country, the third State shall accord him inviolability and such other immunities as may be required to ensure his transit or return. The same shall ap ply in the case of any members of his family enjoying privileges or immunities who are accom panying the diplomatic agent, or travelling separately to join him or to return to their country. 2. In circumstances similar to those specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, third Stales shall not hinder the passage of the members of the administrative and technical or service staff of a mission, and of members of their families, through their territories. 3. Third States shall accord to official correspondence and other official communica tions in transit, including messages in code or cipher, the same freedom and protection as is accorded by the receiving State. ther official communica tions in transit, including messages in code or cipher, the same freedom and protection as is accorded by the receiving State. They shall accord to diplomatic couriers, who have been granted a passport visa if such visa was necessary and diplomatic bags in transit the same in violability and protection as the receiving State is bound to accord. 4. The obligations of third States under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall also apply to the persons mentioned respectively in those paragraphs, and to official communica tions and diplomatic bags, whose presence in the territory of the third Slate is due to force majeure. ARTICLE 41 1. Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons en joying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State. They also have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of that State. 2. All official business with the receiving Stale entrusted to the mission by the sending State shall be conducted with or through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving Slate or such other ministry as may be agreed. 3. e sending State shall be conducted with or through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving Slate or such other ministry as may be agreed. 3. The premises of the mission must not be used in any manner incompatible with the functions of the mission as laid down in the present Convention or by other rules of general international law or by any special agreements in force between the sending and the receiving State. ARTICLE 42 A diplomatic agent shall not in the receiving Slate practise for personal profit any profes sional or commercial activity. ARTICLE 43 The functions of a diplomatic agent comes to an end, inter alia: (a) on notification by the sending Slate to the receiving Stale that the function of the diplomatic agent has come to an end; (b) on notification by the receiving State to the sending State that, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 9, it refuses to recognise the diplomatic agent as a member of the mission. ARTICLE 44 The receiving State must, even in case of armed conflict grant facilities in order to enable persons enjoying privileges and immunities, other than nationals of the receiving State, and III - 2415 (Issue 1] grant facilities in order to enable persons enjoying privileges and immunities, other than nationals of the receiving State, and III - 2415 (Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 members of the families of such persons irrespective of their nationality, to leave at the earliest possible moment. It must, in particular, in case of need, place at their disposal the necessary means of transport for themselves and their property. ARTICLE 45 If diplomatic relations are broken off between two States, or if a mission is permanently or temporarily recalled: (a) the receiving State must, even in the case of armed conflict, respect and protect the premises of the mission, together with its property and archives; (b) the sending State may entrust the custody of the premises of the mission, together with its property and archives, to a third State acceptable to the receiving State; (c) the sending State may entrust the protection of its interests and those of its na tionals to a third State acceptable to the receiving State. ARTICLE 46 A sending State may with the prior consent of a receiving State, and at the request of a third Slate not represented in the receiving State, undertake the temporary protection of the interests of the third State and of its nationals. ARTICLE 47 1. ate not represented in the receiving State, undertake the temporary protection of the interests of the third State and of its nationals. ARTICLE 47 1. In the application of the provisions of the present Convention, the receiving State shall not discriminate between States. 2. However, discrimination shall not be regarded as taking place: (a) where the receiving State applies any of the provisions of the present Convention restrictively because of a restrictive application of that provision to its mission in the sending State; (b) where by custom or agreement States extend to each other more favourable treat ment than is required by the provisions of the present Convention. ARTICLE 48 The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States Members of the United Nations or of any of the specialised agencies or Parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a party to the Convention, as follows: until 31st October, 1961 at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Austria and subsequently, until 31st March, 1962, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. ARTICLE 49 The present Convention is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. he present Convention is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ARTICLE 50 The present Convention shall remain open for accession by any State belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 48. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. [Issue 1] III - 2416 gories mentioned in Article 48. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. [Issue 1] III - 2416 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLES! 1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of latification or accession with the Secretary General of the United Nations, 2. For each Stale ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twenty- second instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such Stale of its instrument of ratification or accession. ARTICLE 52 The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 48: (a) of signatures to the present Convention and of the deposit of instruments of rati fication or accession, in accordance with Articles 48, 49 and 50; (b) of the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with Article 51. sion, in accordance with Articles 48, 49 and 50; (b) of the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with Article 51. ARTICLE 53 The original of the present Convention of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations who shall send certified copies thereof to all Slates belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 48. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention. DONE AT VIENNA, this eighteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one. eir respective Governments, have signed the present Convention. DONE AT VIENNA, this eighteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one. SECOND SCHEDULE [Section 5] The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations The States Parties to the present Convention Recalling that consular relations have been established between peoples since ancient times, Having in mind the Purposes and Principles of the Chatter of the United Nations con cerning the sovereign equality of States, the maintenance of international peace and security, and the promotion of friendly relations among nations, Considering that the United Nations Conference on Diplomatic Intercouise and Immuni ties adopted the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations which was opened for signature on 18 April, 1961, Believing that an international convention or consular relations, privileges and immuni ties would also contribute to the development of friendly relations among nations, irrespective of their differing constitutional and social systems, ill-2417 (Issue 1] ntribute to the development of friendly relations among nations, irrespective of their differing constitutional and social systems, ill-2417 (Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 Realising that the purpose of such privileges and immunities is not to benefit individuals but to ensure the efficient performance of functions by consular posts on behalf of their re spective States, Affirming that the rules of customary international law continue to govern matters not expressly regulated by the provisions of the present Convention, Have agreed as follows: ARTICLE 1 Definitions 1. l law continue to govern matters not expressly regulated by the provisions of the present Convention, Have agreed as follows: ARTICLE 1 Definitions 1. 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-consulale or con sular 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 tech nical 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 posts; (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-indexes and any article of furniture intended for their protection or safekeeping. of the consular post, together with the ciphers and codes, the card-indexes and any article of furniture intended for their protection or safekeeping. 2. Consular officers are of two categories, namely, career consular officers and honorary consular officers. The provisions of Chapter Two of the present Convention apply to consular posts headed by a career consular officer; the provisions of Chapter Three govern consular posts headed by honorary consular officers. 3. The particular status of members of the consular posts who are nationals or permanent residents of the receiving State is governed by Article 71 of the present Convention. [Issue 1] III - 2418 nsular posts who are nationals or permanent residents of the receiving State is governed by Article 71 of the present Convention. [Issue 1] III - 2418 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 CHAPTER ONE CONSULAR RELATIONS IN GENERAL [Section 1] Establishment and Conduct of Consular Relations ARTICLE 2 Establishment of Consular Relations 1. The Establishment of consular relations between States takes place by mutual consent. 2. The consent given to the establishment of diplomatic relations between two States implies, unless otherwise stated, consent to the establishment of consular relations. 3. The severance of diplomatic relations shall not ipso facto involve the severance of consular relations. ARTICLE 3 Exercise of Consular Functions Consular functions are exercised by consular posts. They are also exercised by diplo matic missions in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention. ARTICLE 4 Establishment of a Consular Post 1. A consular post may be established in the territory of the receiving Slate only with that State’s consent. 2. The seat of the consular post, its classification and the consular district shall be estab lished by the sending State and shall be subject to the approval of the receiving State. 3. ts classification and the consular district shall be estab lished by the sending State and shall be subject to the approval of the receiving State. 3. Subsequent changes in the seat of the consular post, its classification or the consular district may be made by the sending Stale only with the consent of the receiving State. 4. The consent of the receiving Stale shall also be required if a consulate-general or a consulate desires to open a vice-consulate or a consular agency in a locality other than that in which il is itself established. 5. The prior express consent of the receiving State shall also be required for the opening of an office forming part of an exisling consular post elsewhere than at the seal thereof, ARTICLE 5 Consular Functions Consular functions consist of: (a) protecting in the receiving Stale the interests of the sending State and of its na tionals, both individuals and bodies corporate, within the limits permitted by in ternational law; ill-2419 (Issue 1] the sending State and of its na tionals, both individuals and bodies corporate, within the limits permitted by in ternational law; ill-2419 (Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 (b) furthering the development of commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between the sending State and the receiving State and otherwise pro moting friendly relations between them in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention; (c) ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments in the commer cial, economic, cultural and scientific life of the receiving State, reporting thereon to the Government of the sending State and giving information to per sons interested; (d) issuing passports and travel documents to nationals of the sending State, and visas or appropriate documents to persons wishing to travel to the sending State; (e) helping and assisting nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, of the sending State; (f) acting as notary and civil registrar and in capacities of a similar kind, and per forming certain functions of an administrative nature, provided that there is noth ing contrary thereto in the laws and regulations of the receiving State; (g) safeguarding the interests of nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, of the sending State in cases of succession mortis causa in the territory of the receiv ing State, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the receiving State; (h) safeguarding, within the limits imposed by the laws and regulations of the re ceiving State, the interests of minors and other persons lacking full capacity who are nationals of the sending State, particularly where any guardianship or trus teeship is required with respect to such persons; (i) subject to the practices and procedures obtaining in the receiving Slate, repre senting or arranging appropriate representation for nationals of the sending State before the tribunals and other authorities of the receiving State, for the purpose of obtaining, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the receiving Slate, provisional measures for the preservation of the rights and interests of these na tionals, where, because of absence or any other reason, such nationals are unable at the proper time to assume the defence of their rights and interests; (j) transmitting judicial and extra-judicial documents or executing letters rogatory or commissions to take evidence for the Courts of the sending State in accor dance with international agreements, in any other manner compatible with the laws and regulations of the receiving Slate; (k) exercising rights of supervision and inspection provided for in the laws and regu lations of the sending State in respect of vessels having ihe nationality of the sending State, and of aircraft registered in the State, and in respect of their crews; (1) extending assistance to vessels and aircraft mentioned in subparagraph (k) of this Article, and to their crews, taking statements regarding the voyage of a vessel, examining and stamping the ship’s papers, and, without prejudice to the powers of the authorities of the receiving State, conducting investigations into any inci dents which occurred during the voyage, and settling disputes of any kind be tween the master, the officers and the seamen in so far as this may be authorised by the laws and regulations of the sending State; (m) performing any other functions entrusted to a consular post by the sending State which are not prohibited by the laws and regulations of the receiving State or to which no objection is taken by the receiving State or which are referred to in the international agreements in force between the sending State and the receiving State. n is taken by the receiving State or which are referred to in the international agreements in force between the sending State and the receiving State. (Issue I ] III - 2420 (Issue I ] III - 2420 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 6 Exercise of Consular Functions Outside the Consular District A consular officer may, in special circumstances, with the consent of the receiving State, exercise his functions outside his consular district. ARTICLE 7 Exercise of Consular Functions in a Third State The sending Stale may, after notifying the Slates concerned, entrust a consular post es tablished in a particular State with the exercise of consular functions in another Slate, unless there is express objection by one of the States concerned. ARTICLE 8 Exercise of Consular Functions on Behalf of a Third State Upon appropriate notification to the receiving State, a consular post of the sending State may, unless the receiving State objects, exercise consular functions in the receiving State on behalf of a third State. ARTICLE 9 Classes ofHeads of Consular Posts 1. Heads of consular posts are divided into four classes, namely: (a) consuls-general; (b) consuls; (c) vice-consuls; (d) consular agents. 2. Paragraph 1 of this Article in no way restricts the right of any of the Contracting Par ties to fix the designation of consular officers other than the heads of consular posts. e in no way restricts the right of any of the Contracting Par ties to fix the designation of consular officers other than the heads of consular posts. ARTICLE 10 Appointment and Admission ofHeads of Consular Posts 1. Heads of consular posts aie appointed by the sending Slate and are admitted to the exercise of their functions by the receiving State. 2. Subject to the provisions of the present Convention, the formalities for the appoint ment and for the admission of the head of a consular post are determined by the laws, regula tions and usages of the sending State and of the receiving Stale respectively. ARTICLE 11 The Consular Commission or Notification ofAppointment 1. The head of a consular post shall be provided by the sending State with a document, in the form of a commission or similar instrument, made out for each appointment, certifying his III - 2421 [Issue 1] e sending State with a document, in the form of a commission or similar instrument, made out for each appointment, certifying his III - 2421 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 capacity and showing, as a general rule, his full name, his category and class, the consular district and the seat of the consular post. 2. The sending State shall transmit the commission or similar instrument through the diplomatic or other appropriate channel to the Government of the State in whose territory the head of a consular post is to exercise his functions. 3. If the receiving State agrees, the sending State may, instead of a commission or similar instrument, send to the receiving State a notification containing the particulars required by para graph 1 of this Article. ARTICLE 12 The Exequatur 1. The head of a consular post is admitted to the exercise of his functions by an authori sation from the receiving State termed an exequatur, whatever the form of this authorisation. 2. A State which refuses to grant an exequatur is not obliged to give to the sending State reasons for such refusal. 3. Subject to the provisions of Articles 13 and 15, the head of a consular post shall not enter upon his duties until he has received an exequatur. l. 3. Subject to the provisions of Articles 13 and 15, the head of a consular post shall not enter upon his duties until he has received an exequatur. ARTICLE 13 Provisional Admission ofHeads of Consular Posts Pending delivery of the exequatur, the head of a consular post may be admitted on a pro visional basis to the exercise of his functions. In that case, the provisions of the present Con vention shall apply. ARTICLE 14 Notification to the Authorities of the Consular District As soon as the head of a consular post is admitted even provisionally to the exercise of his functions, the receiving State shall immediately notify the competent authorities of the consular district. It shall also ensure that the necessary measures are taken to enable the head of a consular post to carry out the duties of his office and to have the benefit of the provisions of the present Convention. ARTICLE 15 Temporary Exercise of the Functions of the Head of Consular Post 1. If the head of a consular post is unable to carry out his functions or the position of head of consular post is vacant, an acting head of post may act provisionally as head of the consular post. 2. ry out his functions or the position of head of consular post is vacant, an acting head of post may act provisionally as head of the consular post. 2. The full name of the acting head of post shall be notified either by the diplomatic mis sion of the sending State or, if that State has no such mission in the receiving State, by the head of the consular post, or, if he is unable to do so, by any competent authority of the sending State, to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or to the authority designated by that Ministry. As a general rule, this notification shall be given in advance. The receiving State may make the admission as acting head of post of a person who is either a diplomatic agent or a con sular officer of the sending State in the receiving State conditional on its consent. (Issue 1] III - 2422 n who is either a diplomatic agent or a con sular officer of the sending State in the receiving State conditional on its consent. (Issue 1] III - 2422 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 3. The competent authorities of the receiving State shall afford assistance and protection to the acting head of post. While he is in charge of the post, the provisions of the present Con vention shall apply to him on the same basis as to the head of the consular post concerned. The receiving State shall not, however, be obliged to grant to an acting head of post any facil ity, privilege or immunity which the head of the consular post enjoys only subject to condi tions not fulfilled by the acting head of post. 4. When, in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, a member of the diplomatic staff of the diplomatic mission of the sending Slate in the receiving Slate is desig nated by the sending Slate as an acting head of post, he shall, if the receiving State does not object thereto, continue to enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities. ARTICLE 16 Precedence as Between Heads of Consular Posts 1. Heads of consular posts shall rank in each class according to the dale of the grant of the exequatur. 2. cedence as Between Heads of Consular Posts 1. Heads of consular posts shall rank in each class according to the dale of the grant of the exequatur. 2. If, however, the head of a consular post before obtaining the exequatur is admitted to the exercise of his functions provisionally, his precedence shall be determined according to the date on which their commissions or similar instruments or the notifications referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 11 were presented to the receiving State. 3. The order of precedence as between two or more heads of consular posts who ob tained the exequatur or provisional admission on the same date shall be determined according to the dates on which their commissions or similar instruments or the notifications referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 11 were presented to the receiving Slate. 4. Acting heads of posts shall rank after all heads of consular posts and, as between themselves, they shall rank according to the dates on which they assumed their functions as acting heads of posts as indicated in the notifications given under paragraph 2 of Article 15. 5. Honorary consular officers who are heads of consular posts shall rank in each class after career heads of consular posts, in the order and according to the rules laid down in the foregoing paragraphs. 6. posts shall rank in each class after career heads of consular posts, in the order and according to the rules laid down in the foregoing paragraphs. 6. Heads of consular posts shall have precedence over consular officers not having that status. ARTICLE 17 Performance ofDiplomatic Acts by Consular Officers 1. In a Slate where the sending Stale has no diplomatic mission and is not represented by a diplomatic mission of a third State, a consular officer may with the consent of the receiving Stale, and without affecting his consular status, be authorised to perform diplomatic acts. The performance of such acts by a consular officer shall not confer upon him any right to claim diplomatic privileges and immunities. 2. A consular officer may, after notification addressed to the receiving Slate, act as rep resentative of the sending Slate to any inter-governmental immunities. When so acting, he shall be entitled to enjoy any privileges and or by international agreements; however, in re spect of the performance by him of any consular function, he shall not be entitled to any greater immunity from jurisdiction than that to which a consular officer is entitled under the present Convention. 111-2423 [Issue 1] entitled to any greater immunity from jurisdiction than that to which a consular officer is entitled under the present Convention. 111-2423 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 18 Appointment of the Same Person by Two or More States as Consular Officer Two or more Slates may with the consent of the receiving Slate, appoint the same person as a consular officer in that State. ARTICLE 19 Appointment ofMembers of Consular Staff 1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 20, 22 and 23, the sending Slate may freely ap point the members of the consular staff. 2. The full name, category and class of all consular officers, other than the head of a consular post, shall be notified by the sending State to the receiving Stale in sufficienl lime for the receiving State, if it so wishes, to exercise its rights under paragraph 3 of Article 23. 3. The sending State may, if required by its laws and regulations, grant an exequatur lo a consular officer other than the head of a consular post, 4. The receiving Stale may, if required by its laws and regulations, grant an exequatur to a consular officer other than the head of a consular post. 4. The receiving Stale may, if required by its laws and regulations, grant an exequatur to a consular officer other than the head of a consular post. ARTICLE 20 Size of the Consular Staff in the absence of an express agreement as to the size of the consular staff, the receiving State may require that the size of the staff be kept within limits considered by it to be reason able and normal, having regard to circumstances and conditions in the consular district and to the needs of the particular consular post. ARTICLE 21 Precedence as Between Consular Officers of a Consular Post The order of precedence as between the consular post and any change thereof shall be notified by the diplomatic mission of the sending State or, if that State has no such mission in the receiving Stale, by the head of the consular post, to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or to the authority designated by that Ministry. ARTICLE 22 Nationality of Consular Officers 1. Consular officers should, in principle, have the nationality of the sending Slate. 2. Consular officers may not be appointed from among persons having the nationality of the receiving State except with the express consent of that Stale which may be withdrawn at any time. 3. from among persons having the nationality of the receiving State except with the express consent of that Stale which may be withdrawn at any time. 3. The receiving Slate may reserve the same right with regard to nationals of a third State who are not also nationals of the sending State. [Issue 1] III - 2424 iving Slate may reserve the same right with regard to nationals of a third State who are not also nationals of the sending State. [Issue 1] III - 2424 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 23 Persons Declared non grata 1. The receiving Slate may at any time notify the sending Stale that a consular officer is persona non grata or that any other member of the consular staff is not acceptable. In that event, the sending State shall, as the case may be, either recall the person concerned or termi nate his functions with the consular post. 2. If the sending State refuses or fails within a reasonable time to carry out its obliga tions under paragraph 1 of this Article the receiving State may, as the case may be, either withdraw the exequatur from the person concerned or cease to consider him as a member of the consular staff. 3. A person appointed as a member of a consular post may be declared unacceptable be fore arriving in the territory of the receiving State or, if already in the receiving State, before entering on his duties with the consular post. In any such case, the sending State shall with draw his appointment. 4. In the cases mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article, the receiving State is not obliged to give to the sending State reasons for its decision. n the cases mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article, the receiving State is not obliged to give to the sending State reasons for its decision. ARTICLE 24 Notification to the Receiving State ofAppointments, Arrivals and Departures 1. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or the authority designated by that Ministry shall be notified of: (a) the appointment of members of a consular post, their arrival after appointment to the consular post, their final departure or the termination of their functions and any other changes affecting their status that may occur in the course of their ser vice with the consular post; (b) the arrival and final departure of a person belonging to the family of a member of a consular post forming part of his household and, where appropriate, the fact that a person becomes or ceases to be such a member of the family; (c) the arrival and final departure of members of the private staff and, where appro priate, the termination of their service as such; (d) the engagement and dischaige of persons resident in the receiving Slate as mem bers of a consular post or as members of the private staff entitled to privileges and immunities. 2. When possible, prior notification of arrival and final departure shall also be given. s of the private staff entitled to privileges and immunities. 2. When possible, prior notification of arrival and final departure shall also be given. [Section 11] End of Consular Functions ARTICLE 25 Termination of the Functions of a Member of a Consular Post The functions of a member of a consular post shall come to an end inter alia: (a) on notification by the sending State to the receiving State that his functions have come to an end, (b) on withdrawal of the exequatur, (c) on notification by the receiving State to the sending Stale that the receiving Stale has ceased to consider him as a member of the consular staff. Ill - 2425 [Issue 1] y the receiving State to the sending Stale that the receiving Stale has ceased to consider him as a member of the consular staff. Ill - 2425 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 26 Departure from the Territory of the Receiving State The receiving Slate shall, even in case of armed conflict, grant to members of the consu lar post and members of the private staff, other than nationals of the receiving State, and to members of their families forming part of their households irrespective of nationality, the nec essary lime and facilities to enable them to prepare their departure and to leave at the earliest possible moment after the termination of the functions of the members concerned. In particu lar, it shall, in case of need, place at their disposal the necessary means of transport for them selves and their property other than property acquired in the receiving State the export of which is prohibited at the time of departure. ARTICLE 27 Protection of Consular Premises and Archives and of the Interests of the Sending State in Exceptional Circumstances 1. e time of departure. ARTICLE 27 Protection of Consular Premises and Archives and of the Interests of the Sending State in Exceptional Circumstances 1. In the event of the severance of consular relations between two States: (a) the receiving State shall, even in case of armed conflict, respect and protect the consular premises, together with the property of the consular post and the consu lar archives; (b) the sending State may entrust the custody of the consular premises, together with the property contained therein and the consular archives, to a third State accept able to the receiving State; (c) the sending State may entrust the protection of its interests and those of its na tionals to a third Stale acceptable to the receiving Slate. 2. In the event of the temporary or permanent closure of a consular post, the provisions of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply. In the event of the temporary or permanent closure of a consular post, the provisions of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply. In addition, (a) if the sending Stale, although not represented in the receiving State by a diplo matic mission, has another consular post in the territory of that State, that consu lar post may be entrusted with the custody of the premises of the consular post which has been closed, together with the property contained therein and the con sular archives, and, with the consent of the receiving State, with the exercise of consular functions in the district of that consular post; or (b) if the sending State has no diplomatic mission and no other consular post in the receiving Slate, the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply. CHAPTER TWO FACILITIES, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES RELATING TO CONSULAR POSTS, CAREER CONSULAR OFFICERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF A CONSULAR POST [Section 1] Facilities, Privileges and Immunities Relating to a Consular Post ARTICLE 28 Facilities for the Work of the Consular Post The receiving State shall accord full facilities for the performance of the functions of the consular post. [Issue 1] III - 2426 of the Consular Post The receiving State shall accord full facilities for the performance of the functions of the consular post. [Issue 1] III - 2426 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 29 Use ofNational Flag and Coat-of-Arms 1. The sending Slate shall have the right to the use of its national flag and coat-of-arms in the receiving Slate in accordance with the provisions of this Article. 2. The national flag of the sending Stale may be flown and its coat-of-arms displayed on the building occupied by the consular post and at the entrance door thereof, on the residence of the head of the consular post and on his means of transport when used on official business. 3. In the exercise of the right accorded by this Article regard shall be had to the laws, regulations and usages of the receiving State. ARTICLE 30 Accommodation 1. The receiving State shall either facilitate the acquisition on its territory, in accordance with its laws and regulations, by the sending Slate of premises necessary for its consular posts or assist the latter in obtaining accommodation in some other way. 2. It shall also, where necessary, assist the consular post in obtaining suitable accommo dation for its members. ARTICLE 31 Inviolability of the Consular Premises 1. Consular premises shall be inviolable to the extent provided in this Article. 2. for its members. ARTICLE 31 Inviolability of the Consular Premises 1. Consular premises shall be inviolable to the extent provided in this Article. 2. The authorities of the receiving State shall not enter that part of the consular premises which is used exclusively for the purpose of the work of the consular post except with the consent of the head of the consular post or of his designee or of the head of the diplomatic mission of the sending State. The consent of the head of the consular post may, however, be assumed in case of fire or other disaster requiring prompt protective action. 3. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, the receiving State is under a special duty lo take all appropriate steps to protect the consular premises against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the consular post or impairment of its dignity. 4. The consular premises, their furnishings, the property of the consular post and its means of transport shall be immune from any form of requisition for purposes of national de fence or public utility. If expropriation is necessary for such puiposes, all possible steps shall be taken to avoid impeding the performance of consular functions, and prompt, adequate and effective compensation shall be given lo the sending State. be taken to avoid impeding the performance of consular functions, and prompt, adequate and effective compensation shall be given lo the sending State. ARTICLE 32 Exemption from Taxation ofConsalai P/emises 1. Consula premises and the residence of the career head of consular post of which the sending State or any person acting on its behalf is the owner or lessee shall be exempt from all national, regional or municipal dues and taxes whatsoever, other than such as represent pay ment for specific services rendered. Ill - 2427 (Issue 1] national, regional or municipal dues and taxes whatsoever, other than such as represent pay ment for specific services rendered. Ill - 2427 (Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 2. The exemption from taxation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to such dues and taxes, if under the law of the receiving State, they are payable by the person who contracted with the sending State or with the person acting on its behalf. ARTICLE 33 Inviolability of the Consular Archives and Documents The consular archives and documents shall be inviolable at all times and wherever they may be. ARTICLE 34 Freedom of Movement Subject to its laws and regulations concerning zones entry into which is prohibited or regulated for reasons of national security, the receiving State shall ensure freedom of move ment and travel in its territory to all members of the consular post. ARTICLE 35 Freedom of Communication 1. The receiving State shall permit and protect freedom of communication on the part of the consular post for all official purposes. In communicating with the Government, the diplo matic missions and other consular posts, wherever situated, of the sending Slate, the consular post may employ all appropriate means, including diplomatic or consular couriers, diplomatic consular bags and messages in code or cipher. he consular post may employ all appropriate means, including diplomatic or consular couriers, diplomatic consular bags and messages in code or cipher. However, the consular post may install and use a wireless transmitter only with the consent of the receiving State. 2. The official correspondence of the consular post shall be inviolable. Official correspon dence means all correspondence relating to the consular post and its functions. 3. The consular bag shall be neither opened nor detained. Nevertheless, if the competent authorities of the receiving State have serious reason to believe that the bag contains some thing other than the correspondence, documents or articles referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, they may request that the bag be opened in their presence by an authorised representa tive of the sending Slate. If this request is refused by the authorities of the sending State, the bag shall be returned to its place of origin. 4. The packages constituting the consular bag shall bear visible external marks of their character and may contain only official correspondence and documents or articles intended exclusively for official use. 5. The consular courier shall be provided with an official document indicating his status and the number of packages constituting the consular bag. e. 5. The consular courier shall be provided with an official document indicating his status and the number of packages constituting the consular bag. Except with the consent of the re ceiving State he shall be neither a national of the receiving State, nor, unless he is a national of the sending Stale, a permanent resident of the receiving State. In the performance of his func tions he shall be protected by the receiving State. He shall enjoy personal inviolability and shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. 6. The sending State, its diplomatic missions and its consular posts may designate con sular couriers ad hoc. In such cases the provisions of paragraph 5 of this Article shall also apply except that the immunities therein mentioned shall cease to apply when such a courier has delivered to the consignee the consular bag in his charge. (Issue 1] III - 2428 unities therein mentioned shall cease to apply when such a courier has delivered to the consignee the consular bag in his charge. (Issue 1] III - 2428 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 7. A consular bag may be entrusted to the captain of a ship or of a commercial airciaft scheduled to land at an authorised port of entry. He shall be provided with an official docu ment indicating the number of packages constituting the bag, but he shall not be considered to be a consular courien. By arrangement with the appropriate local authorities, the consular post may send one of its membes to take possession of the bag directly and freely fiom the captain of the ship or of the aircraft. ARTICLE 36 Communication and Contact with Nationals of the Sending State 1. With a view to facilitating the exercise of consular functions relating to nationals of the sending State: (a) consular officers shall be free to communicate with nationals of the sending State and to have access to them. to nationals of the sending State: (a) consular officers shall be free to communicate with nationals of the sending State and to have access to them. Nationals of the sending State shall have the same freedom with respect to communication with and access to consular offi cers of the sending State; (b) if he so requests, the competent authorities of the receiving Slate shall, without delay, inform the consular post of the sending Slate if, within its consular dis trict, a national of that Stale is arrested or committed to prison or to custody pending trial or is detained in any other manner. Any communication addressed to the consular post by the person arrested, in prison, custody or detention shall also be forwarded by the said authorities without delay. The said authorities shall inform the person concerned without delay of his rights under this subparagraph; (c) consular officers shall have the right to visit a national of the sending Slate who is in prison, custody or detention, to converse and correspond with him and to arrange for his legal representation. They shall also have the right to visit any national of the sending State who is in prison, custody or detention in their district in pursuance of a judgment. ll also have the right to visit any national of the sending State who is in prison, custody or detention in their district in pursuance of a judgment. Nevertheless, consular officers shall refrain from taking action on behalf of a national who is in prison, custody or detention if he expressly opposes such action. 2. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be exercised in confoimity with the laws and regulations of the receiving State, subject to the proviso, however, that the said laws and regulations must enable full effect to be given to the purposes for which the rights accorded under this Article are intended. ARTICLE 37 information in Cases ofDeaths, Guardianship or Trusteeship, Wrecks and Air Accidents If the relevant information is available to the competent authoiities of the receiving State, such authorities shall have the duty: (a) in the case of the death of a national of the sending Slate, to inform without de lay the consular post in whose district the death occurred; (b) to inform the competent consular post without delay of any case where the ap pointment of a guardian or trustee appears to be in the interests of a minor or o ther person lacking full capacity who is national of the sending Slate. ntment of a guardian or trustee appears to be in the interests of a minor or o ther person lacking full capacity who is national of the sending Slate. The giving of this information shall, however, be without prejudice to the operation of the laws and regulations of the receiving Stale concerning such appointments; III - 2429 [issue 1] , however, be without prejudice to the operation of the laws and regulations of the receiving Stale concerning such appointments; III - 2429 [issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 (c) if a vessel, having the nationality of the sending State, is wrecked or runs aground in the territorial sea or internal waters of the receiving State, or if an air craft registered in the sending State suffers an accident on the territory of the re ceiving State, to inform without delay the consular post nearest to the scene of the occurrence. ARTICLE 38 Communication with the Authorities of the Receiving State In the exercise of their functions, consular officers may address: (a) the competent local authorities of their consular district; (b) the competent central authorities of the receiving State if and to the extent that this is allowed by the laws, regulations and usages of the receiving State or by the relevant international agreements. ARTICLE 39 Consular Fees and Charges 1. The consular post may levy in the territory of the receiving State the fees and charges provided by the laws and regulations of the sending State for consular acts. 2. may levy in the territory of the receiving State the fees and charges provided by the laws and regulations of the sending State for consular acts. 2. The sums collected in the form of the fees and charges referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, and the receipts for such fees and charges, shall be exempt from all dues and taxes in the receiving State. [Section 11] Facilities, Privileges and Immunities Relating to Career Consular Officers and Other Mem bers of a Consular Post ARTICLE 40 Protection of Consular Officers The receiving Slate shall treat consular officers with due respect and shall take all appro priate steps to prevent any attack on their person, freedom or dignity. ARTICLE 41 Personal Inviolability of Consular Officers 1. Consular officers shall not be liable to arrest or detention pending trial, except in the case of a grave crime and pursuant to a decision by the competent judicial authority. 2. Except in the case specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, consular officers shall not be committed to prison or liable to any other form of restriction on their personal freedom save in execution of a judicial decision of final effect. 3. If criminal proceedings are instituted against a consular officer, he must appear before the competent authorities. icial decision of final effect. 3. If criminal proceedings are instituted against a consular officer, he must appear before the competent authorities. Nevertheless, the proceedings shall be conducted with the respect due to him by reason of his official position and, except in the case specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, in a manner which will hamper the exercise of consular functions as little as pos sible. When, in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article, it has become nec essary to detain a consular officer, the proceedings against him shall be instituted with the minimum of delay. [Issue 1] III - 2430 it has become nec essary to detain a consular officer, the proceedings against him shall be instituted with the minimum of delay. [Issue 1] III - 2430 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 42 Notification ofArrest, Detention or Prosecution In the event of the arrest or detention, pending trial, of a member of the consular staff, or of criminal proceedings being instituted against him, the receiving Slate shall promptly notify the head of the consular post. Should the latter be himself the object of any such measure, the receiving State shall notify the sending State through the diplomatic channel. ARTICLE 43 Immunity from Jurisdiction 1. Consular officers and consular employees shall not be amenable to the jurisdiction of the judicial or administrative authorities of the receiving State in respect of acts performed in the exercise of consular functions. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not, however, apply in respect of a civil action either: (a) arising out of a contract concluded by a consular officer or a consular employee in which he did not contract expressly or impliedly as an agent of the sending Slate; or (b) by a third party for damage arising from an accident in the receiving State caused by a vehicle, vessel or aircraft. ARTICLE 44 Liability to Give Evidence 1. ird party for damage arising from an accident in the receiving State caused by a vehicle, vessel or aircraft. ARTICLE 44 Liability to Give Evidence 1. Members of a consular post may be called upon to attend as witnesses in the course of judicial or administrative proceedings. A consular employee or a member of the service shall not, except in the cases mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Article, decline to give evidence. If a consular officer should decline to do so, no coercive measure or penalty may be applied to him. 2. The authority requiring the evidence of a consular officer shall avoid interference with the performance of his functions. It may, when possible, take such evidence at his resi dence or at the post or accept a statement from him in writing. 3. Members of a consular post are under no obligation to give evidence concerning matters connected with the exercise of their functions or to produce official correspondence and docu ments relating thereto. They are also entitled to decline to give evidence as expert witnesses with regard to the law of the sending State. ARTICLE 45 Waiver ofPrivileges and Immunities 1. The sending State may waive, with regard to a member of the consular post, any of the privileges and immunities provided for in Articles 41, 43 and 44. 2. sending State may waive, with regard to a member of the consular post, any of the privileges and immunities provided for in Articles 41, 43 and 44. 2. The waiver shall in all cases be express, except as provided in paragraph 3 of this Article, and shall be communicated to the receiving State in writing. Ill - 2431 [Issue 1] cases be express, except as provided in paragraph 3 of this Article, and shall be communicated to the receiving State in writing. Ill - 2431 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 3. The initiation of proceedings by a consular employee in a matter where he might enjoy immunity from jurisdiction under Article 43 shall preclude him from invoking immunity from jurisdiction in respect of any counterclaim directly connected with the principal claim. 4. The waiver of immunity from jurisdiction for the purposes of civil or administrative proceedings shall not be deemed to imply the waiver of immunity from the measures of exe cution resulting from the judicial decision; in respect of such measures, a separate waiver shall be necessary. ARTICLE 46 Exemption from Registration ofAliens and Residence Permits 1. Consular officers and consular employees and members of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from all obligations under the laws and regulations of the receiving State in regard to the registration of aliens and residence permits. 2. be exempt from all obligations under the laws and regulations of the receiving State in regard to the registration of aliens and residence permits. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not, however, apply to a consular employee who is not a permanent employee of the sending State or who carries on any private gainful occupation in the receiving State or to any member of the family of any such employee. ARTICLE 47 Exemption from Work Permits 1. Members of the consular post shall, with respect to services rendered for the sending State, be exempt from any obligations in regard to work permits imposed by the laws and regulations of the receiving State concerning the employment of foreign labour. 2. Members of the private state of consular officers and of consular employees shall, if they do not carry on any other gainful occupation in the receiving State, be exempt from the obligations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. . ARTICLE 48 Social Security Exemption 1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article, members of the consular post with respect to services rendered by them for the sending State, and members of their families forming part of their households, shall be exempt from social security provisions which may be in force in the receiving State. 2. s of their families forming part of their households, shall be exempt from social security provisions which may be in force in the receiving State. 2. The exemption provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply also to members of the private staff who are in the sole employ of members of the consular post, on condition: (a) that they are not nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State; and (b) that they are covered by the social security provisions which are in force in the sending State or a third State. 3. Members of the consular post who employ persons to whom the exemption provided for in paragraph 2 of this article does not apply shall observe the obligations which the social security provisions of the receiving State impose upon employers. 4. The exemption provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not preclude voluntary participation in the social security system of the receiving State, provided that such participation is permitted by that Slate. [Issue 1] III - 2432 participation in the social security system of the receiving State, provided that such participation is permitted by that Slate. [Issue 1] III - 2432 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 49 Exemption from Taxation 1. Consular officers and consular employees and membeis of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from all dues and taxes, personal or real, national, re gional or municipal, except: (a) indirect taxes of a king which are normally incorporated in the price of goods or services; (b) dues or taxes on private immovable property situated in the territory of the re ceiving State, subject to the provisions of Article 32; (c) estate, succession or inheritance duties, and duties on transfers, levied by the receiving State, subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of Article 51; (d) dues and taxes on private income, including capital gains, having its source in the receiving Slate and capital taxes relating to investments made in commercial or financial undertakings in the receiving State; (e) charges levied for specific services rendered; ( registration, court or record fees, mortgage dues and stamp duties, subject to the provisions of Article 32. 2. Members of the services staff shall be exempt from dues and taxes on the wages which they receive for their services. 3. provisions of Article 32. 2. Members of the services staff shall be exempt from dues and taxes on the wages which they receive for their services. 3. Members of the consular post who employ persons whose wages or salaries are not exempt from income lax in the receiving Slate shall observe the obligations which the laws and regulations of that State imposed upon employers concerning the levying of income tax. ARTICLE 50 Exemption from Customs Duties and Inspection 1. The receiving State shall, in accordance with such laws and regulations as it may adopt, permit entry of and grant exemption from all customs duties, taxes, and related charges other than charges for storage, cartage and similar services, on: (a) articles for the official use of the consular post; (b) articles for the personal use of a consular officer or members of his family form ing part of his household, including articles intended for his establishment. The articles intended for consumption shall not exceed the quantities necessary for direct utilisation by the persons concerned. 2. Consular employees shall enjoy the privileges and exemptions specified in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of articles imported at the lime of first installation. 3. all enjoy the privileges and exemptions specified in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of articles imported at the lime of first installation. 3. Personal baggage accompanying consular officers and members of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from inspection. It may be inspected only if there is serious reason to believe that it contains articles other than those referred to in sub paragraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article, or articles the import or export of which is pro hibited by the laws and regulations of the receiving Stale or which are subject to its quarantine laws and regulations. Such inspection shall be carried out in the presence of the consular offi cer or member of his family concerned. Ill - 2433 [Issue 1] and regulations. Such inspection shall be carried out in the presence of the consular offi cer or member of his family concerned. Ill - 2433 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 51 Estate of a Member of the Consular Post or of a Member of his Family In the event of the death of a member of the consular post or of a member of his family forming part of his household, the receiving State: (a) shall permit the export of the movable property of the deceased, with the excep tion of any such property acquired in the receiving State the export of which was prohibited at the time of his death; (b) shall not levy national, regional or municipal estate, succession of inheritance duties, and duties on transfers, on movable property the presence of which in the receiving State was due solely to the presence in that Slate of the deceased as a member of the consular post or as a member of the family of a member of the consular post. ARTICLE 52 Exemption from Personal Services and Contributions The receiving State shall exempt members of the consular post and members of their families forming part of their households from all personal services, from all public services of any kind whatsoever, and from military obligations such as those connected with requisi tioning, military contributions and billeting. lic services of any kind whatsoever, and from military obligations such as those connected with requisi tioning, military contributions and billeting. ARTICLE 53 Beginning and End of Consular Privileges and Immunities 1. Every member of the consular post shall enjoy the privileges and immunities pro vided in the present Convention from the moment he enters the territory of the receiving State on proceeding to take up his post or, if already in its territory, from the moment when he en ters on his duties with the consular post. 2. Members of the family of a member of the consular post forming part of his house hold and members of his private staff shall receive the privileges and immunities provided in the present Convention from the date from which he enjoys privileges and immunities in ac cordance with paragraph 1 of this Article or from the date of their entry into the territory of the receiving State or from the date of their becoming a member of such family or private staff, whichever is the latest. 3. try into the territory of the receiving State or from the date of their becoming a member of such family or private staff, whichever is the latest. 3. When the functions of a member of the consular post have come to an end, his privi leges and immunities and those of a member of his family forming part of his household or a member of his private staff shall normally cease at the moment when the person concerned leaves the receiving State or on the expiry of a reasonable period in which to do so, whichever is the sooner, but shall subsist until that time, even in case of armed conflict. In the case of the persons referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, their privileges and immunities shall come to an end when they cease to belong to the household or to be in the service of a member of the consular post provided, however, that if such persons intended leaving the receiving State within a reasonable period thereafter, their privileges and immunities shall subsist until the time of their departure. 4. However, with respect to acts performed by a consular officer or a consular employee in the exercise of his functions, immunity from jurisdiction shall continue to subsist without limitation of time. (Issue 1] III - 2434 sular employee in the exercise of his functions, immunity from jurisdiction shall continue to subsist without limitation of time. (Issue 1] III - 2434 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 5. In the event of the death of a membel of the consular post, the membeis of his family forming part of his household shall continue to enjoy the privileges and immunities accorded to them until they leave the receiving State or until the expiry of a reasonable period enabling them to do so, whichever is the sooner. ARTICLE 54 Obligations of Third States 1. If a consular officer passes through or is in the territory of a third State, which has granted him a visa if a visa was necessary, while proceeding to take up or return to his post or when returning to the sending Slate, the third State shall accord to him all immunities pro vided for by the other Articles of the present Convention as may be required to ensure his transit or return. The same shall apply in the case of any member of his family forming part of his household enjoying such privileges and immunities who are accompanying the consular officer or travelling separately to join him or to return to the sending State. 2. ng such privileges and immunities who are accompanying the consular officer or travelling separately to join him or to return to the sending State. 2. In circumstances similar to those specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, third Stales shall not hinder the transit through their territory of other members of the consular post or of members of their families forming part of their households. 3. Third Slates shall accord to official correspondence and to other official communica tions in transit, including messages in code or cipher, the same freedom and protection as the receiving Stale is bound to accord under the present Convention. They shall accord to consu lar couriers who have been granted a visa, if a visa was necessary, and to consular bags in transit, the same inviolability and protection as the receiving State is bound to accord under the present Convention. 4. The obligations of a third State under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall also apply to the persons mentioned respectively in those paragraphs, and to official communica tions and to consular bags, whose presence in the territory of the third State is due to force majeure. ARTICLE 55 Respect for the Laws and Regulations of the Receiving State 1. whose presence in the territory of the third State is due to force majeure. ARTICLE 55 Respect for the Laws and Regulations of the Receiving State 1. Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duly of all persons en joying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving Stale. They also have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of that State. 2. The consular premises shall not be used in any manner incompatible with the exercise of consular functions. 3. The provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article shall not exclude the possibility of of fices of other institutions or agencies being installed in part of the building in which the con sular premises are situated, provided that the premises assigned to them are separate from those used by the consular post. In that event, the said offices shall not, for the purposes of the present Convention, be considered to form part of the consular premises. ARTICLE 56 Insurance against Third Party Risks Members of the consular post shall comply with any requirement imposed by the laws and regulations of the receiving State in respect of insurance against third party risks arising from the use of any vehicle, vessel or aircraft. Ill - 2435 (Issue 1] of the receiving State in respect of insurance against third party risks arising from the use of any vehicle, vessel or aircraft. Ill - 2435 (Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 57 Special Provisions concerning Private Gainful Occupation 1. Career consular officers shall not carry on for personal profit any professional or commercial activity in the receiving State. 2. Privileges and immunities provided in this Chapter shall not be accorded: (a) to consular employees or to members of the service staff who carry on any pri vate gainful occupation in the receiving State; (b) to members of the family of a person referred to in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph or to members of his private staff; (c) to members of the family of a member of a consular post who themselves carry on any private gainful occupation in the receiving State. CHAPTER THREE REGIME RELATING TO HONORARY CONSULAR OFFICERS AND CONSULAR POSTS HEADED BY SUCH OFFICERS ARTICLE 58 General Provisions relating to Facilities, Privileges and Immunities 1. Articles 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39, paragraphs 3 of Article 54 and para- giaphs 2 and 3 of Article 55 shall apply to consular posts headed by an honorary consular officer. 37, 38 and 39, paragraphs 3 of Article 54 and para- giaphs 2 and 3 of Article 55 shall apply to consular posts headed by an honorary consular officer. In addition, the facilities, privileges and immunities of such consular posts shall be governed by Articles 59, 60, 61 and 62. 2. Articles 42 and 43, paragraph 3 of Article 44, Articles 45 and 53 and paragraph 1 of Articles 55 shall apply to honorary consular officers. In addition, the facilities, privileges and immunities of such consular officers shall be governed by Articles 63, 64, 65, 66 and 67. 3. Privileges and immunities provided in the present Convention shall not be accorded to members of the family of an honorary consular officer or of a consular employee employed at a consular post headed by an honorary consular officer. 4. The exchange of consular bags between two consular posts headed by honorary con sular officers in different States shall not be allowed without the consent of the two receiving States concerned. ARTICLE 59 Protection of the Consular Premises The receiving State shall lake such steps as may be necessary to protect the consular of fice against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the consu lar post or impairment of its dignity. ARTICLE 60 Exemption from Taxation of Consular Premises 1. to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the consu lar post or impairment of its dignity. ARTICLE 60 Exemption from Taxation of Consular Premises 1. Consular premises of a consular post headed by an honorary consular officer of which the sending State is the owner or lessee shall be exempt from all national, regional or municipal dues and taxes whatsoever, other than such as represent payment for specific services rendered. [Issue 1] III - 2436 l national, regional or municipal dues and taxes whatsoever, other than such as represent payment for specific services rendered. [Issue 1] III - 2436 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 2. The exemption from taxation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to such dues and taxes if, under the laws and regulations of the receiving State, they are pay able by the person who contracted with the sending Stale. ARTICLE 61 Inviolability of Consular Archives and Documents The consular archives and documents of a consulai post headed by an honorary consular officer shall be inviolable at all times and wherever they may be, provided that they are kept separate from other papers and documents and, in particular, from the private correspondence of the head of a consular post and of any person working with him, and from the materials, books or documents relating to their profession or trade. e of the head of a consular post and of any person working with him, and from the materials, books or documents relating to their profession or trade. ARTICLE 62 Exemption from Customs Duties The receiving Slate shall, in accordance with such laws and regulations as it may adopt, permit entry of, and grant exemption from all customs duties, taxes, and related charges other than charges for storage, cartage and similar services on the following articles, provided that they are for the official use of a consular post headed by an honorary consular officer: coats- of-arms, flags, signboards, seals and stamps, books, official printed matter, office furniture, office equipment and similar articles supplied by or at the instance of the sending State to the consular officer. ARTICLE 63 Criminal Proceedings If criminal proceedings are instituted against an honorary consular officer, he must ap pear before the competent authorities. Nevertheless, the proceedings shall be conducted with the respect due to him by reason of his official position and, except when he is under arrest or detention, in a manner which will hamper the exercise of consular functions as little as possi ble. When it has become necessary to detain an honorary consular officer, the proceedings against him shall be instituted with the minimum of delay. i ble. When it has become necessary to detain an honorary consular officer, the proceedings against him shall be instituted with the minimum of delay. ARTICLE 64 Protection ofHonorary Consular Officers The receiving Slate is under a duly to accord to an honorary consular officer such protec tion as may be required by reason of his official position. ARTICLE 65 Exemption from Registration ofAliens and Residence Permits Honorary consular officers, with the exception of those who carry on for personal profit any professional or commercial activity in the receiving State, shall be exempt from all obli gations under the laws and regulations of the receiving State in regard to the registration of aliens and residence permits. HI - 2437 [Issue 1] obli gations under the laws and regulations of the receiving State in regard to the registration of aliens and residence permits. HI - 2437 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 66 Exemption from Taxation An honorary consular officer shall be exempt from all dues and taxes on the remunera tion and emoluments which he receives from the sending State in respect of the exercise of consular functions. ARTICLE 67 Exemption from Personal Services and Contributions The receiving State shall exempt honorary consular officers from all personal services and from all public services of any kind whatsoever and from military obligations such as those connected with requisitioning, military contributions and billeting. ARTICLE 68 Optional Character of the Institution ofHonorary Consular Officers Each State is free to decide whether it will appoint or receive honorary consular officers. CHAPTER FOUR GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 69 Consular Agents who are not Heads of Consular Posts 1. Each State is free to decide whether it will establish oi admit consular agencies con ducted by consular agents not designated as heads of consular posts by the sending State. 2. whether it will establish oi admit consular agencies con ducted by consular agents not designated as heads of consular posts by the sending State. 2. The conditions under which the consular agencies referred to in paragraph 1 of this Ar ticle may carry on their activities and the privileges and immunities which may be enjoyed by the consular agents in charge of them shall be determined by agreement between the sending Slate and the receiving State. ARTICLE 70 Exercise of Consular Functions by Diplomatic Missions 1. The provisions of the present Convention apply also, so far as the context permits, to the exercise of consular functions by a diplomatic mission. 2. The names of members of a diplomatic mission assigned to the consular section or otherwise charged with the exercise of the consular functions of the mission shall be notified to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or to the authority designated by that Ministry. 3. In the exercise of consular functions a diplomatic mission may address: (a) the local authorities of the consular district; (b) the central authorities of the receiving Slate if this is allowed by Ihe laws, regula tions and usages of the receiving State or by relevant international agreements. [Issue 1] III - 2438 ing Slate if this is allowed by Ihe laws, regula tions and usages of the receiving State or by relevant international agreements. [Issue 1] III - 2438 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 4. The privileges and immunities of the members of a diplomatic mission referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall continue to be governed by the rules of international law con cerning diplomatic relation. ARTICLE 71 Nationals or Permanent Residents of the Receiving State 1. Except in so far as additional facilities, privileges and immunities may be granted by the receiving State, consular officers who are nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State shall enjoy only immunity from jurisdiction and personal inviolability in respect of official acts performed in the exercise of their functions, and the privilege provided in paragraph 3 of Article 44. So far as these consular officers are concerned, the receiving State shall likewise be bound by the obligation laid down in Article 42. If criminal proceedings are instituted against such a consular officer, the proceedings shall, except when he is under arrest or detention, be conducted in a manner which will hamper the exercise of consular functions as little as possible. 2. , except when he is under arrest or detention, be conducted in a manner which will hamper the exercise of consular functions as little as possible. 2. Other members of the consular post who are nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving Slate and members of their families, as well as members of the families of con sular officers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, shall enjoy facilities, privileges and immunities only in so far as these are granted to them by the receiving State. Those members of the families of members of the consular post and those members of the private staff who are themselves nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State shall likewise enjoy facilities, privileges and immunities only in so far as these are granted to them by the receiv ing State. The receiving State shall, however, exercise its jurisdiction over those persons in such a way as not to hinder unduly the performance of the functions of the consular post. ARTICLE 72 Non-discrimination 1. In the application of the provisions of the present Convention the receiving State shall not discriminate as between States. 2. Non-discrimination 1. In the application of the provisions of the present Convention the receiving State shall not discriminate as between States. 2. However, discrimination shall not be regarded as laking place: (a) where the receiving Slate applies any of the provisions of the present Convention restrictively because of a restrictive application of that provision to its consular posts in the sending Slate; (b) where by custom or agreement States extend to each other more favourable treatment than is required by the provisions of the present Convention. ARTICLE 73 Relationship between the Present Convention and Other International Agreements 1. The provisions of the present Convention shall not affect other international agree ments in force as between States parties to them. 2. Nothing in the present Convention shall preclude Stales from concluding international agreements confirming or supplementing or extending or amplifying the provisions thereof. Ill - 2439 [Issue 1] de Stales from concluding international agreements confirming or supplementing or extending or amplifying the provisions thereof. Ill - 2439 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 CHAPTER FIVE FINAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 74 Signature The present Convention shall be opened for signature by all States members of the United States or of any of the specialised agencies or Parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General Assembly of the United Na tions to become a party to the Convention, as follows until 31 October, 1963 at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria and subsequently, until 31 March, 1964, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. ARTICLE 75 Ratification The present Convention is subject to ratification. The instiuments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ARTICLE 76 Accession The present Convention shall remain open for accession by any State belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 74. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ARTICLE 77 Entry into Force 1. tioned in Article 74. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ARTICLE 77 Entry into Force 1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession with the Secretary General of the United Nations. 2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twenty- second instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession. ARTICLE 78 Notifications by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 74: (a) of signatures to the present Convention and of the deposit of instruments of rati fication or accession, in accordance with Articles 74, 75 and 76; (b) of the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with Article 77. [Issue 1] III - 2440 ith Articles 74, 75 and 76; (b) of the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with Article 77. [Issue 1] III - 2440 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 ARTICLE 79 Authentic Texts The original of the present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified copies thereof to all Stales belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 74. IN WITNESSES WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention. DONE AT VIENNA, this twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three. THIRD SCHEDULE (Section 9] Notarial Acts and Kindred Matters 1. Noting any protest (except a marine protest or a protest of a bill of exchange) tiling the original and furnishing one certified copy if required. - for any number of words up to 200, - for every additional 100 words or less. 2. Noting a bill of exchange. 3. Noting a protest on a bill of exchange if not exceeding 200 words, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy if required. 4. exchange. 3. Noting a protest on a bill of exchange if not exceeding 200 words, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy if required. 4. Extending a protest on a bill of exchange if not exceeding 200 words, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy if required. 5. Administering an oath or receiving a declaration or affirmation with or with out attestation or without attestation of signature. 6. Affixing a signature to an exhibit or document annexed or referred to in an affidavit, declaration or affirmation. 7. For each signature attested in any document not otherwise provided for. 8. Marking any document and attaching the consular officer’s seal to the fastening. 9. Uniting documents and attaching the consular officer’s seal to the fastening. 10. Affixing the consular officer’s signature and seal if required to any document not otherwise provided for. 11. Drawing a declaration of existence. 12. Affixing the consular officer’s signature and Seal if required to a declaration of existence. 13. Issuing a certificate of identity. 14. Legalising the signature of a foreign authority or notary. 15. Effecting any registration not otherwise provided for. 16. Issuing a certificate not otherwise provided for (exclusive of the fee drawing) - for fifty words or less - for every additional fifty words or less. Issuing a certificate not otherwise provided for (exclusive of the fee drawing) - for fifty words or less - for every additional fifty words or less. Ill - 2441 (Issue I] Ill - 2441 (Issue I] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 THIRD SCHEDULE—conti/med 17. Drawing a declaration or other document not otherwise provided for, or taking down in writing verbal declarations or depositions of persons made before the consular officer, or reducing to writing agreements made before him by con tracting parties, exclusive of fees for attestation, etc. - for any number of words not exceeding, - for every additional fifty words or less. 18. Assisting in drawing up petitions, applications or other documents not speci fied, for each document. 19. Making and certifying a copy of a document or part of a document - for any number of words up to 100, - for every set of additional words or less. 20. Viva voce translating and interpreting - for every fifteen minutes or less, - for a maximum per hour of. 21. Drawing a power of attorney - for 200 words or less, - for every additional 100 words. 22. Supplying witnesses at the request of parties interested in cases where one or more attesting witnesses besides the consular officer are required -for each witness. FOURTH SCHEDULE 12 [Section 12] Visas Country Ordinary Transit Visa Visa 1 l 1. witnesses besides the consular officer are required -for each witness. FOURTH SCHEDULE 12 [Section 12] Visas Country Ordinary Transit Visa Visa 1 l 1. Afghanistan................................................................................. 2. Albania........................................................................................ 3. Algeria ........................................................................................ 4. Andorra....................................................................................... 5. Argentina .................................................................................... 6. Austria ........................................................................................ 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Gratis 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Gratis 7. Belgium ................ 5.00 2.00 8. Bolivia ........................................................................................ 5.00 2.00 9. Bulgaria ....................................................................................... 5.00 2.00 10. Brazil ........................................................................................... 5.00 2.00 12. Amended by the Consular Fees (Amendment) Decree, 1977 (S.M.C.D. 86) made on the 21st day of April, 1977 and notified in the Gazette on 29th April, 1977. [Issue 1] III - 2442 Fees (Amendment) Decree, 1977 (S.M.C.D. 86) made on the 21st day of April, 1977 and notified in the Gazette on 29th April, 1977. [Issue 1] III - 2442 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 FOURTH SCHEDULE—continued Country Ordinary Transit Visa Visa 9 e 11. Burma ......................................................................................... 12. Burundi....................................................................................... 13. Cambodia.................................................................................... 14. Cameroon.................................................................................... 15. Central African Republic............................................................ 16. Chad............................................................................................ 17. Chile ........................................................................................... 18. Commonwealth........................................................................... 19. Czechoslovakia........................................................................... 20. Cuba............................................................................................ 21. Colombia .................................................................................... 22. ................................................ 21. Colombia .................................................................................... 22. Congo Brazzaville....................................................................... 23. Costa Rica................................................................................... 24. Dahomey..................................................................................... 25. Denmark ..................................................................................... 26. Dominican Republic................................................................... 27. Equadorea ................................................................................... 28. Estomai ....................................................................................... 29. Ethiopia (Abyssenia)................................................................... 30. Filipin ............... ......................................................................... 31. Finland........................................................................................ 32. France ......................................................................................... 33. Gabon ......................................................................................... 34. .............................................. 33. Gabon ......................................................................................... 34. German Democratic Republic..................................................... 35. German Federal Republic........................................................... 36. Greece......................................................................................... 37. Guatemala ................................................................................... 38. Haiti ............................................................................................ 39. Hungary ...................................................................................... 40. Honduras..................................................................................... 41. Indonesia..................................................................................... 42. Italy............................................................................................. 43. Iceland ........................................................................................ 44. Iran.............................................................................................. 45. Iraq.............................................................................................. 46. ........................................... 45. Iraq.............................................................................................. 46. Israel ........................................................................................... 47. Ivory Coast ................................................................................. 48. Jordan ......................................................................................... 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 Ill - 2443 (Issue 1] 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 Ill - 2443 (Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 FOURTH SCHEDULE—continued Country Ordinary Transit Visa Visa 9 9 49. Korea, North ............................................................................... 50. Kuwait ........................................................................................ 51. Laos ............................................................................................ 52. Libya........................................................................................... 53. Liechtenstein............................................................................... 54. Luxembourg................................................................................ 55. Malagasy Republic ..................................................................... 56. Mali............................................................................................. 57. Mauritania................................................................................... 58. Monaco....................................................................................... 59. Mongolia..................................................................................... 60. ................................................ 59. Mongolia..................................................................................... 60. Morocco...................................................................................... 61. Muscat and Oman....................................................................... 62. Nepal........................................................................................... 63. Netherlands................................................................................. 64. Nisaragua.................................................................................... 65. Niger........................................................................................... 66. Norwegia .................................................................................... 67. Nicaragua.................................................................................... 68. Nationalist China........................................................................ 69. The People’s Republic of China ................................................. 70. Palestine...................................................................................... 71. Paraguay ..................................................................................... 72. ............................................... 71. Paraguay ..................................................................................... 72. Panama........................................................................................ 73. Persia (Irania).............................................................................. 74. Peruvia........................................................................................ 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 75. Poland......................................................................................... 76. Portugal....................................................................................... 77. Peru............................................................................................. 78. Phillipines ................................................................................... 79. Rumania...................................................................................... 80. Russia ......................................................................................... 81. ............................................. 80. Russia ......................................................................................... 81. Rwanda ....................................................................................... 82. Salvadoro .................................................................................... 83. San Marino ................................................................................. 84. Saudi Arabia ............................................................................... 85. Senegal........................................................................................ 86. Siames (Thais) ............................................................................ 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 [Issue 1] HI _ 2444 ......... 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 [Issue 1] HI _ 2444 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 FOURTH SCHEDULE—continued Coimliy 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. Somalia....................................................................................... South Africa................................................................................ South Yemen .............................................................................. Switzerland ................................................................................. Syria............................................................................................ South Thailand............................................................................ Spanish........................................................................................ Stateless Persons......................................................................... Sudan .......................................................................................... Sweden........................................................................................ ....................................................... Sweden........................................................................................ Swiss........................................................................................... Togo............................................................................................ Tunisia ........................................................................................ Turkey ......................................................................................... U.S.A............................................................................................ U.S.S.R........................................................................................ Upper Volta ................................................................................ United Arab Republic ................................................................. Uruguay ...................................................................................... Vatican City................................................................................ Venezuela ................................................................................... Vietnam North............................................................................ ............................................................ Vietnam North............................................................................ Vietnam South ............................................................................ Yugoslavia.................................................................................. Yemen......................................................................................... Zaire............................................................................................ Ordinary Visa Transit Visa e 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 - 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 Ill-2445 [Issue 1] 0 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 Ill-2445 [Issue 1] ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 FIFTH SCHEDULE [Section 13] Registration of Citizens and ofBirths, Deaths and Marriages and Other Matters A.—REGISTRATION OF CITIZENS AND OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES AND OTHER MATTERS 1. Registration of the name and address of a resident citizen of Ghana. 2. Registration of the birth of a citizen of Ghana. 3. Registration of the death of a citizen of Ghana. 4. Receiving notice of an intended marriage. 5. Receiving notice of a caveat. 6. Solemnisation of or attendance at a marriage in which one of the spouses is a citizen of Ghana and registration of the marriage. 7. Making a search for an entry in the consular register of citizens, births, deaths or marriages, or in any local register. 8. Furnishing a certified copy of an entry in any such register. B.—WILLS AND ESTATES 1. Drawing a will for any person (not a seaman) - for any number of words up to 200, - for every additional 100 words or less. 2. Attesting the execution of the will of any such person. 3. Drawing a seaman’s will— - for each 100 words, - for any number of words up to 100. 4. Attesting the execution of a seaman’s will. 5. such person. 3. Drawing a seaman’s will— - for each 100 words, - for any number of words up to 100. 4. Attesting the execution of a seaman’s will. 5. Having a search made for entries in local register of wills, deeds or other documents not kept at a consulate. 6. Furnishing a copy of any such entry. 7. Administering the estate of any deceased person - on the gross value of the estate, - with a minimum charge of. 8. For partial administration of the estate of a deceased person - on the gross value of the estate, - with a minimum charge of. 9. For intervention to protect the interests of absent citizens of Ghana in an estate being administered by a local executor or administrator - on the gross value of the Ghanaian interest in the estate, - with a minimum charge of. 10. For taking interim conservatory measures in respect of the property of a deceased person in which citizens of Ghana are interested. - on the gross value of the Ghanaian interest in the estate, - with a minimum charge of. [Issue 1] III - 2446 which citizens of Ghana are interested. - on the gross value of the Ghanaian interest in the estate, - with a minimum charge of. [Issue 1] III - 2446 ACT 148 Diplomatic Relations Act, 1962 FIFTH SCHEDULE—continued C.—ATTENDANCES (NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR) 1. Elsewhere than at the consular office or residence on any day be tween the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. for each hour or lesser period. 2. At the consular office or residence between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. but not during the customary business hours of the locality, for each half-hour or lesser period. 3. Between the hours 9 a.m. 9 p.m. for each half-hour or lesser period— (a) at the consular officers residence, (b) elsewhere. D.—SERVICES RELATING TO LEGAL PROCEEDINGS « p. 1. Taking evidence under a commission or order from a court (a) for one sitting of two hours or less, (b) for each subsequent sitting of two hours or less, (c) for each additional hour or less under (a) or (b). 2. Effecting or endeavouring to effect service of a document and issuing a certificate or affidavit of service or attempted service— - for one visit, - for each additional visit. E —COLLECTION OF DEBTS Recovering sums at the request and on behalf of private persons, a commission of five percent. Ill - 2447 [Issue 1]
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