2016 US Code
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

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 4222 (2016)
Section Name §4222. Authentication of documents of State of Vatican City by consular officer in Rome
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(June 20, 1936, ch. 640, §6A, as added June 25, 1938, ch. 682, 52 Stat. 1163.)

Editorial Notes 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within 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
Contains section 4222
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 52 Stat. 1163
62 Stat. 869
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