28 CFR § 5.301 - Exemption under section 3(a) of the Act.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s5.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 5.301 - Exemption under section 3(a) of the Act."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "5.301"
section_name: "Exemption under section 3(a) of the Act."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "5"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938, AS AMENDED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "28 U.S.C. 509, 510; Section 1, 56 Stat. 248, 257 (22 U.S.C. 620); title I, Pub. L. 102-395, 106 Stat. 1828, 1831 (22 U.S.C. 612 note)."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 376-67, 32 FR 6362, Apr. 22, 1967, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "5"
---


# 5.301 Exemption under section 3(a) of the Act.

(a) A consular officer of a foreign government shall be considered duly accredited under section 3(a) of the Act whenever he has received formal recognition as such, whether provisionally or by exequatur, from the Secretary of State.

(b) The exemption provided by section 3(a) of the Act to a duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer is personal and does not include within its scope an office, bureau, or other entity.