18 U.S.C. § 3491 : US Code - Section 3491: Foreign documents

Search 18 U.S.C. § 3491 : US Code - Section 3491: Foreign documents

Any book, paper, statement, record, account, writing, or other
document, or any portion thereof, of whatever character and in
whatever form, as well as any copy thereof equally with the
original, which is not in the United States shall, when duly
certified as provided in section 3494 of this title, be admissible
in evidence in any criminal action or proceeding in any court of
the United States if the court shall find, from all the testimony
taken with respect to such foreign document pursuant to a
commission executed under section 3492 of this title, that such
document (or the original thereof in case such document is a copy)
satisfies the authentication requirements of the Federal Rules of
Evidence, unless in the event that the genuineness of such document
is denied, any party to such criminal action or proceeding making
such denial shall establish to the satisfaction of the court that
such document is not genuine. Nothing contained herein shall be
deemed to require authentication under the provisions of section
3494 of this title of any such foreign documents which may
otherwise be properly authenticated by law.