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557 PDFTitle:CONSULAR RELATIONS ORDINANCEGazette Number:16 of 2000
Section:7Heading:EvidenceVersion Date:10/03/2000

(1) Where a question arises as to whether or not a person is entitled to a privilege or immunity conferred by or under this Ordinance, a certificate issued by the Chief Secretary for Administration stating a fact relevant to that question is, subject to subsection (2), conclusive evidence of that fact.
(2) Where there is any conflict or inconsistency as respects a question of fact between-

        (a) a certificate issued under subsection (1); and
        (b) a certificate obtained under the third paragraph of Article 19 of the Basic Law,
then the second-mentioned certificate shall, to the extent of that conflict or inconsistency, as the case may be, prevail over the certificate issued under subsection (1).