§ 4222. — Authentication of documents of State of Vatican City by consular officer in Rome.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4222]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XIV--POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS
GENERALLY
Sec. 4222. Authentication of documents of State of Vatican City
by consular officer in Rome
Until the United States shall have consular officer resident in the
State of the Vatican City, a copy of any document of record or on file
in a public office of said State of the Vatican City, certified by the
lawful custodian of such document, may be authenticated, as provided in
section 1741 of title 28, by a consular officer of the United States
resident in the city of Rome, Kingdom of Italy, and such document or
record shall, when so certified and authenticated, be admissible in
evidence in any court of the United States.
(June 20, 1936, ch. 640, Sec. 6A, as added June 25, 1938, ch. 682, 52
Stat. 1163.)
Codification
``Section 1741 of title 28'' substituted in text for ``section 6 of
this Act [28 U.S.C. 695e]'' on authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. 646,
62 Stat. 869, section 1 of which enacted Title 28, Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1204 of this title, and
prior thereto to section 695e-1 of Title 28.
