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shall be required to obtain a visa prior to entry into the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party.

2. The conditions enumerated in paragraph 1 of this Article shall also apply to the spouse and children of a member of the diplomatic Mission or Consulate or representative in an international organization, body, agency or any such entity who hold valid diplomatic, official and service passport.

ARTICLE 3
Refusal of entry & loss, expiration and damage of passport

1. Each Contracting Party reserves the right to refuse the entry into, or shorten the stay in the territory of its State, of any citizen of the State of the other Contracting Party, whom it may consider undesirable.

2. If a citizen of the State of one Contracting Party loses his/her passport in the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party or in case of expiration or damage of the passport, he/she shall inform the authorities concerned of the host country for appropriate action. The diplomatic Mission or Consulate concerned will issue a new passport or any other travel document to its citizen and inform the concerned authorities of the host Government.

ARTICLE 4
Applicability of national legislations

1. Citizens of the State of either Contracting Party, being holders of diplomatic, official or service passports shall abide by the national legislation of the other Contracting Party while crossing its State frontier and throughout the duration of their stay in its State territory.

Nothing in the Agreement shall be construed as affecting the rights and obligations set out in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April, 1961 or the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 24 April, 1963.

ARTICLE 5
Passport validity

The duration of diplomatic, official and service passports of citizens of the State of either Contracting Party shall be valid for at least 6 (six) months on the date of entry into the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party.

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