Article 2
Consular functions are exercised by consular posts.
They are also exercised by diplomatic missions in accordance with the provisions of the present Agreement.
Article 3
Consular functions consist in:
(a) protecting in the receiving State the interests of the sending State and of its nationals,
both individuals and bodies corporate, within the limits permitted by international law;
(b) furthering the development of economic, commercial, cultural, scientific and technological relations
between the Parties and otherwise promoting friendly relations between them;
(c) ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments in the economic, commercial, cultural, scientific
and technological life of the receiving State,
report thereon to the Government of the sending State and give information to persons interested;
(d) receiving applications for or issuing passports and other travel documents to nationals of the sending State,
receiving applications for or issuing visas and
appropriate documents to persons wishing to travel to or to pass through the sending State,
and amending or endorsing, or invalidating the said passports, visas and documents;
(e) helping and assisting nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, of the sending State;
(f) 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
(g) safeguarding the interests of nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate,
of the sending State in cases of succession mortis causa in the territory of the receiving State,
in accordance with the laws and regulations of the receiving State;
(h) 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 trusteeship is required with respect to such persons;
(i) 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 assume the defence of their rights and interests;
(j) 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 between the Parties or, in the absence of such international agreements,
in any other manner compatible with the laws and regulations of the receiving State;
(k) 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 aircraft registered in that State, and in respect of their crews;
(l) extending assistance to vessels and aircraft mentioned in sub-paragraph (k) of this Article,
and to their crews, taking statements regarding their voyage,
examining and stamping their 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 relevant disputes among their crews in so far as this may be authorized by the laws
and regulations of the sending State;
(m) 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 Parties.