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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 48 — Taiwan Relations

§ 3306. Services to United States citizens on Taiwan

Statutory text

(a)

Authorized services

The Institute may authorize any of its employees on Taiwan—

(1)

to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition, and to perform any notarial act which any notary public is required or authorized by law to perform within the United States;

(2)

To 1 act as provisional conservator of the personal estates of deceased United States citizens; and

(3)

to assist and protect the interests of United States persons by performing other acts such as are authorized to be performed outside the United States for consular purposes by such laws of the United States as the President may specify.

(b)

Acts by authorized employees

Acts performed by authorized employees of the Institute under this section shall be valid, and of like force and effect within the United States, as if performed by any other person authorized under the laws of the United States to perform such acts.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Taiwan Relations Act

    Pub. L. 96–8 § 7 · 93 Stat. 14

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3306

    (Pub. L. 96–8, § 7, Apr. 10, 1979, 93 Stat. 17.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–8, § 7, Apr. 10, 1979, 93 Stat. 17.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 7. services by the institute to united states citizens on taiwan (a) The Institute may authorize any of its employees on 22 USC 3306. Taiwan— (1) to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition, and to perform any notarial act which any notary public is required or authorized by law to perform within the United States; (2) To act as provisional conservator of the personal estates of deceased United States citizens; and (3) to assist and protect the interests of United States persons by performing other acts such as are authorized to be performed outside the United States for consular purposes by such laws of the United States as the President may specify. (b) Acts performed by authorized employees of the Institute under this section shall be valid, and of like force and effect within the United States, as if performed by any other person authorized under the laws of the United States to perform such acts.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective as of , see section 18 of Pub. L. 96–8, set out as a note under section 3301 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–8, § 7, , 93 Stat. 17.)

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