Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSULAR RELATIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 4

Orders providing for additional or reduced privileges and immunities

(1) The Chief Executive in Council may-

   (a)  by order in the Gazette, declare that the additional privileges 
        and immunities-

        (i)    accorded to a State under an international agreement; and

        (ii)   specified in the order, shall have the force of law in Hong
               Kong; and

   (b)  in such order make such provisions as the Chief Executive in Council
        may consider necessary for carrying into effect in Hong Kong the
        provisions of the international agreement in connection with such
        privileges and immunities.

(2) The Chief Executive in Council may, by order in the Gazette, declare that
such of the privileges and immunities contained in the Schedule-

   (a)  that are not accorded to a State under an international  agreement to
        which that State is a party; and

   (b)  as specified in the order, shall be excluded in the application of
        section 3 in relation to-

        (i)    any consular post of that State;

        (ii)   persons connected with the consular post.

(3) The Chief Executive in Council may, by order in the Gazette, declare that
any privilege or immunity conferred by or under this Ordinance and as
specified in the order shall no longer have the force of law in Hong Kong in
relation to-

   (a)  all or any of the consular posts of a State;

   (b)  such persons connected with the consular post or posts as the Chief
        Executive in Council may consider proper, on the ground that that
        State is failing to accord the corresponding privilege or immunity to
        a consular post of the People's Republic of China in a territory of
        that State, or to persons connected with such consular post.