Volume 52
Public Law 75–682
To amend the Act of June 20, 1936, so as to provide for the certification, authentication, and use in evidence of documents of record or on file in public offices in the State of the Vatican City.
Approved June 25, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Act of June 20, 1936, so as to provide for the certification, authentication, and use in evidence of documents of record or on file in public offices in the State of the Vatican City.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Act entitled
State of the Vatican City.
28 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 695e.
“An Act Relating to the admissibility in evidence of certain writings and records made in the regular course of business”, approved June 20, 1936, is amended by adding after section 6 thereof the following new section:
“Sec. 6A.
Until the United States shall have consular officer resident
Authentication of documents of record or on file in public offices of.
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 6 of this Act, by a consular officer of the United States resident in the city of Rome, Kingdom of Italy, and such document or
Admissibility in evidence.
record shall, when so certified and authenticated, be admissible in evidence in any court of the United States.”
Approved, June 25, 1938.