18 U.S.C. § 3494 : US Code - Section 3494: Certification of genuineness of foreign document

Search 18 U.S.C. § 3494 : US Code - Section 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.