CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (UNITED STATES OF THE MEXICO) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (UNITED STATES OF THE MEXICO) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES)

(UNITED STATES OF MEXICO) ORDER

(Cap. 259, section 4(1)

[4th February, 1972.]

1. This order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Privileges and
Immunities) (United States of Mexico) Order.

2. The like exemption from dues and taxes as is accorded under
Article 32 in the First Schedule to the Ordinance to the residence of the
career head of a consular post shall be extended to the residence of a
career consular officer of the United States of Mexico of which the
United States of Mexico or any person acting on its behalf is the owner.

3. (1) Paragraph 2 of Article 50 in the First Schedule to the
Ordinance (exemption from customs duties) shall be applied in regard to
consular employees of the United States of Mexico who satisfy the
conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2) as if the words 'in respect of
articles imported at the time of first installation' were omitted.

(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are that the
consular employee concerned

(a)is not a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, a person who
is a British subject by virtue of section 2, 13 or 16, of the British
Nationality Act 1948 or the British Nationality Act 1965, or a
British protected person within the meaning of the said Act of
1948; and

(b)does not carry on any private gainful occupation in Hong
Kong;and

(c) is not permanently resident in Hong Kong.
L.N. 18/72. Citation. Exemption from dues and taxes in respect of consular residences. Exemption from customs duties.

L.N. 18/72. Citation. Exemption from dues and taxes in respect of consular residences. Exemption from customs duties.

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