4. In the event of the death of a member of the mission not a national of or permanently resident in
the receiving State or a member of his family forming part of his household, the receiving State shall
permit the withdrawal of the movable property of the deceased, with the exception of any property
acquired in the country the export of which was prohibited at the time of his death. Estate, succession
and inheritance duties shall not be levied on movable property the presence of which in the receiving
State was due solely to the presence there of the deceased as a member of the mission or as a member of
the family of a member of the mission.
Article 40
1. If a diplomatic agent passes through or is in the territory of a third State, which has granted him
a passport visa if such visa was necessary, while proceeding to take up or to return to his post, or when
returning to his own country, the third State shall accord him inviolability and such other immunities as
may be required to ensure his transit or return. The same shall apply in the case of any members of his
family enjoying privileges or immunities who are accompanying the diplomatic agent, or travelling
separately to join him or to return to their country.
2. In circumstances similar to those specified in paragraph 1 of this article, third States shall not
hinder the passage of members of the administrative and technical or service staff of a mission, and of
members of their families, through their territories.
3. Third States shall accord to official correspondence and other official communications in
transit, including messages in code or cipher, the same freedom and protection as is accorded by the
receiving State. They shall accord to diplomatic couriers, who have been granted a passport visa if such
visa was necessary, and diplomatic bags in transit, the same inviolability and protection as the receiving
State is bound to accord.
4. The obligations of third States under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article shall also apply to the
persons mentioned respectively in those paragraphs, and to official communications and diplomatic
bags, whose presence in the territory of the third State is due to force majeure.
Article 41
1. Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such
privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State. They also have a
duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of that State.
2. All official business with the receiving State entrusted to the mission by the sending State shall
be conducted with or through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or such other
ministry as may be agreed.
3. The premises of the mission must not be used in any manner incompatible with the functions of
the mission as laid down in the present Convention or by other rules of general international law or by
any special agreements in force between the sending and the receiving State.
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