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(2) Where any person who is a national of a State to which this section applies \u2014 (a) is entitled to payment or delivery of any money or property in respect of any interest in the estate of a deceased person, or vesting in possession on the death of any person, or is entitled to payment of any money becoming due on the death of any person; or (b) is a person to whom any money or property comprised in the estate of a deceased person may be paid or delivered in pursuance of any enactment, rule or regulation authorising the payment or delivery of such money or property without representation to the estate of the deceased being granted, then, if the said national is not resident in the Islands, a consular officer of that State shall have the like right and power to receive and give a valid discharge for any such money or property in the Islands as if he were duly authorised by power of attorney to act for him in that behalf: Provided that no person shall be authorised to be required by this subsection to pay or deliver any money or property to a consular officer if it is within his knowledge that any other person in the Islands has been expressly authorised to receive that money or property on behalf of the said national. (3) A grant of administration made under subsection (1) may be made to the consular officer by his official title, and to his successors in office; and where a grant is so made, the office of administrator, and all the estate, rights, duties and liabilities of the administrator (including liabilities under the administration bond) shall be vested in and imposed on the person for the time being holding the office, and no fresh grant shall be required by reason only of the death or vacation of office of the person to whom the grant was made or in whom it is vested: Consular Conventions Law(1997 Revision) Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect any limitation contained in the grant, or any power of the Grand Court to revoke the grant. 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of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 2nd day of September, 1997\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nCONSULAR CONVENTIONS LAW\n(1997 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nPowers of consular officers in relation to property of deceased persons ....................................6\n4.\nNo immunity in respect of acts done by virtue of section 3 .........................................................7\n5.\nRestriction of powers of entry in relation to consular offices .......................................................7\n6.\nProperty of deceased seamen ...................................................................................................7\n7.\nWrecks ......................................................................................................................................8\n8.\nRemission of taxes, duties, fees and charges ............................................................................8\n9.\nApplication of sections 3 and 5 ..................................................................................................8\n\nConsular Conventions Law(1997 Revision)\nSection 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 2nd day of September, 1997\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nCONSULAR CONVENTIONS LAW\n(1997 Revision)\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Law may be cited as the Consular Conventions Law (1997 Revision).\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn this Law \u2014\n\u201cconsular employee\u201d means any person employed at a Consulate for the\nperformance of executive, administrative, clerical, technical or professional\nduties or as consular guard, messenger or driver of a vehicle whose name has\nbeen communicated by a consular officer to the Governor, but does not\ninclude any person employed on domestic duties;\n\u201cconsular office\u201d means any building or part of a building which is\nexclusively occupied for the purpose of the official business of a consular\nofficer; and\n\u201cconsular officer\u201d means a consul-general, consul, vice-consul or consular\nagent representing a foreign State to whom an exequatur or provisional or\nother authorisation to perform consular functions has been granted.\n\nSection 3\nConsular Conventions Law\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 2nd day of September, 1997\nc\n\n3.\nPowers of consular officers in relation to property of deceased persons\n3.\n(1) Notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary, where any person who is a\nnational of a State to which this section applies is named as executor in the\nwill of a deceased person disposing of property in the Islands, or is otherwise a\nperson to whom a grant of representation to the estate in the Islands of a\ndeceased person may be made, then, if the Grand Court is satisfied, on the\napplication of a consular officer of the said State, that the said national is not\nresident in the Islands, and if no application for a grant of such representation\nis made by a person duly authorised by power of attorney to act for him in that\nbehalf, the Grand Court shall make, to that officer, any such grant of\nrepresentation to the estate of the deceased as would be made to him if he were\nso authorised as aforesaid:\nProvided that the Grand Court may, if it thinks fit, postpone the making of a\ngrant under this section during such period as the Grand Court considers\nappropriate having regard to the circumstances of the case.\n(2) Where any person who is a national of a State to which this section applies \u2014\n(a)\nis entitled to payment or delivery of any money or property in respect of\nany interest in the estate of a deceased person, or vesting in possession on\nthe death of any person, or is entitled to payment of any money becoming\ndue on the death of any person; or\n(b) is a person to whom any money or property comprised in the estate of a\ndeceased person may be paid or delivered in pursuance of any enactment,\nrule or regulation authorising the payment or delivery of such money or\nproperty without representation to the estate of the deceased being\ngranted,\nthen, if the said national is not resident in the Islands, a consular officer of that\nState shall have the like right and power to receive and give a valid discharge\nfor any such money or property in the Islands as if he were duly authorised by\npower of attorney to act for him in that behalf:\nProvided that no person shall be authorised to be required by this subsection to\npay or deliver any money or property to a consular officer if it is within his\nknowledge that any other person in the Islands has been expressly authorised\nto receive that money or property on behalf of the said national.\n(3) A grant of administration made under subsection (1) may be made to the\nconsular officer by his official title, and to his successors in office; and where\na grant is so made, the office of administrator, and all the estate, rights, duties\nand\nliabilities\nof\nthe\nadministrator (including\nliabilities\nunder\nthe\nadministration bond) shall be vested in and imposed on the person for the time\nbeing holding the office, and no fresh grant shall be required by reason only of\nthe death or vacation of office of the person to whom the grant was made or in\nwhom it is vested:\n\nConsular Conventions Law(1997 Revision)\nSection 4\n\nc\nRevised as at 2nd day of September, 1997\nPage 7\n\nProvided that nothing in this subsection shall affect any limitation contained in\nthe grant, or any power of the Grand Court to revoke the grant.\n(4) No sureties shall be required to any bond entered into by a consular officer\nupon the grant of administration under this section.\n4.\nNo immunity in respect of acts done by virtue of section 3\n4.\nNotwithstanding any rule of law conferring immunity or privilege in respect of the\nofficial acts and documents of consular officers, a consular officer shall not be\nentitled to any immunity or privilege in respect of any act done by virtue of powers\nconferred on him by or under section 3, or in respect of any document for the time\nbeing in his possession relating thereto.\n5.\nRestriction of powers of entry in relation to consular offices\n5.\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), a consular office of a State to which this section\napplies shall not be entered by a constable or other person acting in the\nexecution of any warrant or other legal process or in the exercise of powers\nconferred by or under any enactment or otherwise, except with the consent of\nthe consular officer in charge of that office or, if that consent is withheld or\ncannot be obtained, with the consent of a Secretary of State:\nProvided that the foregoing shall not apply in relation to any entry effected \u2014\n(a)\nfor the purpose of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire;\n(b) by a constable having reasonable cause to believe that a crime involving\nviolence has been, is being or is about to be committed in the consular\noffice; or\n(c)\nby any person entitled to enter by virtue of any easement, contract or\nother private right.\n(2) This section shall not apply to any consular office which, for the time being, is\nin the charge of a consular officer who is a British citizen, a British Dependant\nTerritory Citizen or a British Overseas Citizen or is not a national of the State\nby which that office is maintained.\n6.\nProperty of deceased seamen\n6.\nWhere it appears to the proper officer having the charge of the money or other\nproperty of a deceased seaman that any person to whom any such money or other\nproperty may be paid or delivered under paragraph (b) of section 65(1) of the\nMerchant Shipping Act 1970 [U.K. Act 1970 c. 36] of the United Kingdom is\nresident in a foreign State, he may pay or deliver the money or property to a\nconsular officer of that State on behalf of that person; and that section shall have\neffect in the Islands accordingly.\n\nSection 7\nConsular Conventions Law\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 2nd day of September, 1997\nc\n\n7.\nWrecks\n7.\nThe powers of a consular officer under section 44 of the Wreck and Salvage Law\n(1996 Revision) shall extend to the custody and disposal of the wrecked ship itself,\nas well as to the custody and disposal of any articles belonging to or forming part of\nits cargo.\n8.\nRemission of taxes, duties, fees and charges\n8.\nThe Governor in Council may direct that any tax, duty, fee or charge imposed or\ncollected under any enactment in force in the Islands by the Government or by any\nmunicipal or public authority in the Islands and payable by the Government of a\nforeign State, or by a consular officer or consular employee of such State, may 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