11. Interpreta-tion
கருத்துகள் மற்றும் உதவிஅதிகாரப்பூர்வ ஆங்கில மொழிபெயர்ப்பு. சிங்கள அல்லது தமிழ் உரையிலிருந்து வேறுபடும் இடங்களில் எந்த உரை மேலோங்கும் என்பதைச் சட்டமே குறிப்பிடுகிறது.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“consular function” means any function referred to in sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Act and includes any act specified in the Schedule hereto
;
“consular officer” shall mean any person including the head of a consular post entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions ;
diplomatic officer” means the head of a mission or a member of the diplomatic staff of such mission ; and
“ document’? means a commercial or shipping document and includes every document by which any right or liability is, or purports to be, created, transferred, limited, extended, extinguished or recorded.
SDHEDULE
Article V of the Vienna Convention on Consular
Relations of 1963
Consular functions,
Consular functions consist in—
,
{a) protecting in the receiving State the interests of the send-ing State and of its nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, within the limits permitted by international law
;
furthering the development of commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between the sending State and the receiving State and otherwise promoting friendly relations between them in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Convention
;
ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and develop-ments in the commercial, economic, cultural and scientific life of the receiving State, reporting thereon to the
Government of the sending State and giving information to persons interested
;
issuing passports and travel documents to nationals of the sending State and visas or appropriate documents to persons wishing to travel to the sending State ;
helping and assisting nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, of the sending State
;
acting as notary and civil registrar and in capacities of a similar kind, and performing certain functions of an administrative nature, provided that there is nothing contrary thereto in the laws and regulations of the receiving State
;
{g) safeguarding the interests of nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, of the sending State in cases of succes-sion mortis causa in the territory of the receiving State, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the receiving State
;
(hi safeguarding, within the limits imposed by the laws and regulations of the receiving State, the interests of minors and other persons lacking full capacity who are nationals of the sending State, particularly where any guardianship or truteeship is required with respect to such persons;
G) subject to the practices and procedures obtaining in the receiving State, representing or arranging appropriate representation for nationals of the sending State before the tribunals and other authorities of the receiving State, for the purpose of obtaining, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the receiving State, provisional measures for the preservation of the rights and interests of these nationals, where, because of absence or any other reason, such nationals are unable at the proper time to agsume the defence of their rights and interests ;
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transmitting judicial and extra-judicial documents or executing letters rogatory or commissions to take evidence for the courts of the sending State in accordance with international agreements in force or, in the absence of such international agreements, in any other manner compatible with the laws and regulations of the receiving State ;
exercising rights of supervision and inspection provided for in the laws and regulations of the sending State in respect of vessels having the nationality of the sending
State, and of aircrafts registered in that State, and in respect of their crews
;
extending assistance to vessels and aircrafts mentioned in sub-paragraph (k) and to their crews, taking statements regarding the voyage, of a vessel, examining and stamping the ships papers, and, without prejudice to the powers of the authorities of the receiving State, conducting investigations into any incidents which occurred during the voyage, and settling disputes of any kind between the master, the officers and the seamen in so far ag this may be authorized by the laws and regulations of the sending State;
performing any other functions entrusted to a consular post by the sending State which are not prohibited by the laws and regulations of the receiving State or to which no objection is taken by the receiving State or which are referred to in the international agreements in force between the sending State and the receiving tate.
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