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ARTICLE-1: DEFINITIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... (e) "consular employee" means any person employed in the administrative or technical service of a consular post; ...
... (g) "members of the consular post" means consular officers, consular employees and members of the service staff; ...
... (h) "members of the consular staff" means consular officers, other than the head of a consular post, consular employees and members of the service staff; ...
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. ...
... (a) arising out of a contract concluded by a consular officer or a consular employee in which he did not contract expressly or impliedly as an agent of the sending State; or ...
ARTICLE-44: LIABILITY TO GIVE EVIDENCE [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Members of a consular post may be called upon to attend as witnesses in the course of judicial or administrative proceedings. A consular employee or a member of the service staff shall not, except in the cases mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Article, decline to give evidence. If a consular officer should decline to do so, no coercive measure or penalty may be applied to him. ...
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-46: EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION OF ALIENS AND RESIDENCE PERMITS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Consular officers and consular employees and members of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from all obligations under the laws and regulations of the receiving State in regard to the registration of aliens and residence permits. ...
... 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not, however, apply to any consular employee who is not a permanent employee of the sending State or who carries on any private gainful occupation in the receiving State or to any member of the family of any such employee. ...
ARTICLE-47: EXEMPTION FROM WORK PERMITS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Members of the private staff of consular officers and of consular employees shall, if they do not carry on any other gainful occupation in the receiving State, be exempt from the obligations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. ...
ARTICLE-49: EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Consular officers and consular employees and members of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from all dues and taxes, personal or real, national, regional or municipal, except: ...
ARTICLE-50: EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES AND INSPECTION [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Consular employees shall enjoy the privileges and exemptions specified in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of articles imported at the time of first installation. ...
ARTICLE-53: BEGINNING AND END OF CONSULAR PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. However, with respect to acts performed by a consular officer or a consular employee in the exercise of his functions, immunity from jurisdiction shall continue to subsist without limitation of time. ...
ARTICLE-57: SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING PRIVATE GAINFUL OCCUPATION [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) to consular employees or to members of the service staff who carry on any private gainful occupation in the receiving State; ...
ARTICLE-58: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FACILITIES, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. Privileges and immunities provided in the present Convention shall not be accorded to members of the family of an honorary consular officer or of a consular employee employed at a consular post headed by an honorary consular officer. ...