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 2650 TREATY-LATVIA. APRIL 20, 1928. concerning the adjustment of wages and the execution of contracts relating thereto provided the locaf laws so permit. w.?=es In tmitorlal When an act committed on board of a private vessel under the . ~of the State by which the consular officer has been appointed ana within the territorial waters of the State to which he has been appointed constitutes a crime according to the laws of that State, subjecting the person guilty thereof to punishment as a criminal, the consular officer shall not exercise jurisdiction except in so far as he is permitted to do so by the local law. Aid oflocal police to A consular officers may freely invoke the assistance of the local =':i~ order on ship- police authorities in any matter pertaining to the maintenance of internal order on board of a vessel under the flag of his country within the territorial waters of the State to which he is appointed, and upon such a request the requisite assistance shall be given. Ap~noe before A consular officer may appear with the officers and crews of vessels judicial authorities. dthfl fh' b h . h'. un er e ag 0 IS country efore t e judlCial aut orlties of the State to which he is appointed to render assistance as an interpreter or agent. ARTICLE XXIV. Notice of denth in In case of the death of a national of either High Contracting Party onecountryofanation.. h f al of the other. In t e territory of the other without having in the territory 0 his decease any known heirs or testamentary executors by him appointed, the competent local authorities shall at once inform the nearest con- sular officer of the State of which the deceased was a national of the fact of his death, in order that necessary information may be for- warded to the parties interested. ert~eTarmstroBot (talk) 01:06, 7 January 2012 (UTC)t!. • Inpca~ of t~tehdeatth .ollf a ntaestational 0tf ~ithther 0tf t~toeHigh f Chontrtahct- dent by consuls. mg artles WI ou WI or men,m e ernry0teoer HIgh Contracting Party, the consular officer of the State of which the deceased was a natIOnal and within whose district the Jeceased made his home at the time of death, shall, so far as the laws of the country permit and ~nding the appointment of an administrator and until letters of administration have been granted, be deemed qualified to take charge of the property left by the decedent for the preservation and protection of the same. Such consular officer shall have the right to be appointed as administrator within the discretion of a tribunal or other agency controlling the administration of estates provided the laws of the place where the estate is administered so permit. Authority of consul Whenever a consular officer accepts the office of administrator of
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the jurisdiction of the tribunal or other agency making the appoint- ment for all necessary purposes to the same extent as a national of the country where he was appointed. ARTICLE XXV. Receipt and remis- A consular officer of either High Contracting Party may in behalf TarmstroBot (talk)fd~!ltr.:':.n- of his non-resident countryman receipt for their distributive shares derived from estates in process of probate or accruing under the provisions of so-called Workmen's Compensation Laws or other like statutes provided he remit any funds so received through the appro- priate agencies of his Government to the proper distributees, and provided further that he furnish to the authority or agency making distribution through him reasonable evidence of such remission. ARTICLE· XXVI. Inspection, etc., by A I ffi f'thH'hCtt'Pth11hth consular ollicer, of ves- . consuar0 eer0 el er Ig onracIng arysa. ave e eels clearing for ports of right to inspect within the ports of the other HIgh Contractmg Party his country.

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