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ARTICLE-44: LIABILITY TO GIVE EVIDENCE     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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 documents 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 OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. The initiation of proceedings by a consular officer or 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 counter-claim directly connected with the principal claim. ...


ARTICLE-52: EXEMPTION FROM PERSONAL SERVICES AND CONTRIBUTIONS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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 service of any kind whatsoever, and from military obligations such as those connected with requisitioning, military contributions and billeting. ...


ARTICLE-67: EXEMPTION FROM PERSONAL SERVICES AND CONTRIBUTIONS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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. ...