§ 3493. — Deposition to authenticate foreign documents.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3493]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 223--WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
Sec. 3493. Deposition to authenticate foreign documents
The consular officer to whom any commission authorized under section
3492 of this title is addressed shall take testimony in accordance with
its terms. Every person whose testimony is taken shall be cautioned and
sworn to testify the whole truth and carefully examined. His testimony
shall be reduced to writing or typewriting by the consular officer
taking the testimony, or by some person under his personal supervision,
or by the witness himself, in the presence of the consular officer and
by no other person, and shall, after it has been reduced to writing or
typewriting, be subscribed by the witness. Every foreign document, with
respect to which testimony is taken, shall be annexed to such testimony
and subscribed by each witness who appears for the purpose of
establishing the genuineness of such document. When counsel for all the
parties attend the examination of any witness whose testimony is to be
taken on written interrogatories, they may consent that oral
interrogatories in addition to those accompanying the commission may be
put to the witness. The consular officer taking any testimony shall
require an interpreter to be present when his services are needed or are
requested by any party or his attorney.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 835.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 695c of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code
and Judiciary (June 20, 1936, ch. 640, Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 1563).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 3492, 3495, 3496 of this
title.
