Külügyi Közlöny 2. 1922 (Budapest, 1923)

1922-07-05 / 12. szám

12. szám r~ Annex No. 1 to Order No. 4152 1920. M. E. Statute Law XXVI of 1901, Regulation of Consular Fees. Article 1, The Annexed „General Consular Tariff", which shall be deemed to form part of the present Law, shall be applied by all Hungarian Consular Offices to all official consular Offices to all official consular services rendered by them. Article 2. The consular fees shall be collected on behalf of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs by the Consular Officers, dealing with matters for which fees may be charged. Consular fees, collected by Consular Offices in charge of a Commi^ioned Official shall be placed to the account of the Foreign Ministry

; and in other Consular Offices to the account of the respective Officer in charge, provided that, in the interest of the Exchequer, no expressly special stipulations exist. Consular fees and fines, chargeable on the value of an estate, shall be placed to the credit account of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Article 3. 'J he fess under Section II item 4 of the Tariff shall be charged in respect of the scheduled or assessed object

; the fees under item 5 shall be charged in respect of the proceeds from the auction; the fees under Section II letter b) of item 9 of the Tariff shall be charged in inspect of the object, kept for safe custody; the fees under Section II item 10 of the Tariff shall be charged in respect of estates, left by deceased persons. These fees are chargeable in priority to any claims, arising from rights of private ownership. Article 4. The regulations, applying within Hungary to stamp- and direct duties in regard to the ensuring and collecting thereof, and concerning the right of ensuring and collecting same in priority to the Official Receiver's claims, are also applicable to Consular fees and to such fines as are chargeable for revenue frauds. The consular fees and the fines, referred to, shall be statute-barred after a period of five years. The Statue of limitation shall be stayed by any official proceedings, instituted for the purpose of assessment or collecting, and given notice of to the party, concerned. Article 5. Complaints in respect of the levying of fees or fines, or of refusal of abatement or exemption from fees shall be addressed to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs who, provided complainant is a Hungarian subject, shall decide thereon in consultation with the Hungarian Ministries of Finance, Justice and Commerce respectively; if, however, complainant is not a Hungarian subject, the decision shall be given in the second and last instance. Such complaints, in the event of applications, made to the Consular Office not being considered, shall be submitted through that Consular Office against which the complaint has been lodged. Appeals to that effect shall be preferred within thirty days from the date at which the party concerned has been notified of the assessment of fees, payable. The period allowed shall not include the time, required by the postal authorities, for delivery. The appeal shall not stay the proceedings of collecting the fees. Article 6. In cases where exemption from the payment of fees or an abatement thereon is obtained by fraudulent means, the double of the fees, due, shall be collected. By Fraudulent means is meant the non-statement or misstatement of the value of an Article, or part thereof, in the Declaration upon which the levying of the Consular fee is based. Article 7. The Royal Ministry is authorised to set down, in so far as the Consular Tariff does not" already contain explicit rules to this effect, rules of procedure in order to ascertain the value for purposes of assessment and collection of Consular fees; rules as to the currency in which the fees shall be payable, and lastly, rules as to the payment of fees. Article 8. The Hungarian Ministry is furthermore authorized to issue Orders for the carrying into effect of this Act. Article 9. The present law is enacted for the time during which Statute Law XXXI of 1891, relative to the exercise of Consular Jurisdiction, is in operation. Article 10. From the date on which the, present law shall come into force, the regulations respecting Consular fees, hitherto in operation, together with the annexed Consular Tariff and the Rules, relative thereto, shall be cancelled. The Rules referred to in the preceding paragraph shall, however, -continue to be applic-