Right of diplomatic agents and consular officers to administer oaths and do notarial acts in certain cases

(1) A diplomatic agent or consular officer of any State may, if authorized to do so under the laws of that State, administer oaths, take affidavits and do notarial acts, (a) required by a person for use in that State or under the laws thereof; or (b) otherwise required by a national of that State but not for use in Belize except under the laws of some other country. 10 (2) The Minister may by Order exclude or restrict the provisions of subsection (1) in relation to the diplomatic agents or consular officers of any State if it appears to him that in any territory of that State diplomatic agents or consular officers of Belize are not permitted to perform functions corresponding in nature and extent to those authorised by that subs. (3) The Minister may by order make provision for applying section 46 of the Oaths Act, Cap. 130 (powers as to oaths and notarial acts abroad) to countries within the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland by requiring the section to be construed as if, (a) the references therein to a foreign country or place included such country or place as may be specified in the Order; and (b) the diplomatic ranks specified in that section included such ranks of any Belize mission in a country specified in the Order as may be so specified in relation to that country. (4) In this section “diplomatic agent” means the head of a mission or a member of the diplomatic staff of a mission.