§ 3494. — Certification of genuineness of foreign document.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3494]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 223--WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
Sec. 3494. Certification of genuineness of foreign document
If the consular officer executing any commission authorized under
section 3492 of this title shall be satisfied, upon all the testimony
taken, that a foreign document is genuine, he shall certify such
document to be genuine under the seal of his office. Such certification
shall include a statement that he is not subject to disqualification
under the provisions of section 3492 of this title. He shall thereupon
transmit, by mail, such foreign documents, together with the record of
all testimony taken and the commission which has been executed, to the
clerk of the court from which such commission issued, in the manner in
which his official dispatches are transmitted to the Government. The
clerk receiving any executed commission shall open it and shall make any
foreign documents and record of testimony, transmitted with such
commission, available for inspection by the parties to the criminal
action or proceeding in which such documents are to be used, and said
parties shall be furnished copies of such documents free of charge.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 835.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 695d of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code
and Judiciary (June 20, 1936, ch. 640, Sec. 5, 49 Stat. 1563).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 3491, 3492, 3495, 3496 of
this title.
