Preamble — CONSULAR CONVENTIONS ACT

CONSULAR CON VENTIONS

CHAPTER 144

CONSULAR CONVENTIONS ACT

To confer upon the consular officers of foreign States with which

consular conventions are concluded certain powers relating to the

administration of the hereditary estate of deceased persons; to confer on

consular officers certain rights relating to deceased seamen and to

wrecked ships; to restrict the powers of the Police and other persons to

enter the consular offices of such States, and to give consular officers

certain other rights recognized by international law.

(27th October, 1955) *

Enacted by ACT XXXI of 1955, as amended by Emergency Ordinance XV

of 1958; Ordinance XXV of 1962; Legal Notice 46 of 1965; and Acts I of

1966 and II of 2015.

CONSULAR CONVENTIONS ACT Art. 1 Short title. →