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1. The official correspondence of consuls shall be inviolable and shall not be subject to examination. This shall also apply to telegraphic communications.
2. The offices of consulates shall be inviolable. The authorities of the receiving State shall not use force, in any form whatsoever, in the offices or in the private living quarters of consuls.
3. Consular archives shall be inviolable. Private papers shall not be kept in the consular archives.
4. In their communications with the authorities of the sending country, consuls shall be entitled to use codes and the services of diplomatic couriers. Consuls shall be charged at the same rates as diplomatic representatives for the use of ordinary means of communication.

1. Consuls shall be entitled, within their consular district, to protect the rights and interests of their State and of the citizens (natural and legal persons) of the sending country.
2. In the performance of their duties, consuls may apply to the authorities of their consular district and may make representations to them concerning violations of the rights and interests of their State or of citizens of the sending country.

Consuls shall be entitled, in order to protect the interests of the citizens of the sending country, to represent in the courts and before other authorities of the receiving country such citizens who, owing to absence or for other reasons, are unable to protect their own rights and interests within the appropriate time-limits. Such representation shall continue until the persons represented appoint their own agent or themselves assume the protection of their rights and interests.

1. Consuls shall be entitled to keep a register of citizens of the sending country, to issue or renew their passports and other identity documents, and to carry on any other activity connected with the registration of citizens of the sending country and the delivery of documents to them.

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