Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSULAR RELATIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 6

Right of diplomatic agents and consular officers to administer oaths and do notarial acts in certain cases

(1) A diplomatic agent or consular officer of a State may, if authorized to do
so under the laws of that State, administer oaths, take affidavits and do
notarial acts-

   (a)  required by a person for use in that State or under the laws of that
        State; or

   (b)  otherwise required by a national of that State but not for use in Hong
        Kong except under the laws of some other country.

(2) The Chief Executive may by notice in the Gazette exclude or restrict the
provisions of subsection (1) in relation to the diplomatic  agents or consular
officers of a State in Hong Kong if he considers that in any territory of that
State diplomatic agents or consular officers of the People's Republic of China
are not permitted to perform functions corresponding in nature and extent to
those authorized by that subsection.

(3) In this section, "diplomatic agent" has the same meaning as the term
"外交代表" (diplomatic agent) in the Regulations of the People's Republic
of China Concerning Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities in Schedule 5 to the
Promulgation of National Laws 1997 (L.N. 379 of 1997)*.
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* L.N. 379 of 1997 is published at page 17/1 in Volume 1 of the Loose-leaf
Edition of the Laws of Hong Kong but has not been given a chapter number in
that Edition. The text of L.N. 379 of 1997 can also be
found in this database under the unofficial "chapter" no. 2402, which is
assigned to that instrument for identification purposes only.