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ARTICLE-1: DEFINITIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) "consular district" means the area assigned to a consular post for the exercise of consular functions; ...
... (d) "consular officer" means any person, including the head of a consular post, entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions; ...
ARTICLE-3: EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS ...
... Consular functions are exercised by consular posts. They are also exercised by diplomatic missions in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention. ...
ARTICLE-5: CONSULAR FUNCTIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... CONSULAR FUNCTIONS ...
... Consular functions consist in: ...
ARTICLE-6: EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS OUTSIDE THE CONSULAR DISTRICT [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-7: EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS IN A THIRD STATE [go to this ARTICLE]
... The sending State may, after notifying the States concerned, entrust a consular post established in a particular State with the exercise of consular functions in another State, unless there is express objection by one of the States concerned. ...
ARTICLE-8: EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS ON BEHALF OF A THIRD STATE [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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-17: PERFORMANCE OF DIPLOMATIC ACTS BY CONSULAR OFFICERS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. A consular officer may, after notification addressed to the receiving State, act as representative of the sending State to any inter-governmental organization. When so acting, he shall be entitled to enjoy any privileges and immunities accorded to such a representative by customary international law or by international agreements; however, in respect 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. ...
ARTICLE-27: PROTECTION OF CONSULAR PREMISES AND ARCHIVES AND OF THE INTERESTS OF THE SENDING STATE IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) if the sending State, although not represented in the receiving State by a diplomatic mission, has another consular post in the territory of that State, that consular 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 consular archives, and, with the consent of the receiving State, with the exercise of consular functions in the district of that consular post; or ...
ARTICLE-31: INVIOLABILITY OF THE CONSULAR PREMISES [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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 defence or public utility. If expropriation is necessary for such purposes, all possible steps shall be taken to avoid impeding the performance of consular functions, and prompt, adequate and effective compensation shall be paid to the sending State. ...
ARTICLE-36: COMMUNICATION AND CONTACT WITH NATIONALS OF THE SENDING STATE [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. With a view to facilitating the exercise of consular functions relating to nationals of the sending State: ...
ARTICLE-41: PERSONAL INVIOLABILITY OF CONSULAR OFFICERS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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 possible. When, in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article, it has become necessary to detain a consular officer, the proceedings against him shall be instituted with the minimum of delay. ...
ARTICLE-43: IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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. ...
ARTICLE-55: RESPECT FOR THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE RECEIVING STATE [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The consular premises shall not be used in any manner incompatible with the exercise of consular functions. ...
ARTICLE-63: CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS [go to this ARTICLE]
... If criminal proceedings are instituted against an honorary 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 when he is under arrest or detention, in a manner which will hamper the exercise of consular functions as little as possible. When it has become necessary to detain an honorary consular officer, the proceedings against him shall be instituted with the minimum of delay. ...
ARTICLE-66: EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION [go to this ARTICLE]
... An honorary consular officer shall be exempt from all dues and taxes on the remuneration and emoluments which he receives from the sending State in respect of the exercise of consular functions. ...
ARTICLE-70: EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS BY DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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. ...
ARTICLE-71: NATIONALS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE RECEIVING STATE [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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. ...