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	Council of Europe - Explanatory Report on the European Convention on the Abolition of Legalisation of Documents ...
		The Convention was opened for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe on 5 June 1968 on the occasion of the Vth Conference of European Ministers of Justice in London.
		The Convention abolishing the requirements of legalisation for foreign public documents, which was concluded at The Hague on 5 October 1961, excludes from its field of application documents executed by diplomatic or consular agents.
		documents which have to be produced in the territory of a State not a party to the Convention to the diplomatic agent or consular officer of a Contracting Party and which have been executed by a diplomatic agent or consular officer of another Contracting Party.
	conventions.coe.int /treaty/en/Reports/Html/063.htm (1790 words)

	Authentications and Apostilles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Foreign governments may request bearers of documents to have them authenticated (legalised) by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade or by embassies or missions overseas.
		Foreign countries, who are also party to the Convention, may request the bearer of a public document (as defined by the Hague Convention), to obtain an apostille from authorities of the country in which the document was issued.
		A power of attorney is a document whereby one person confers on another the right to act on his or her behalf and in that respect the attorney can act just as though he or she were the donor of the power.
	www.formacompany.com /apostille/apostille.html (438 words)

	Hague Convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, agreements providing, among others things, regulations for the commencement of hostilities and conduct of belligerents and neutral powers towards each other and other nations, and outlawing the use of certain types of weapons in warfare.
		One of the better known of these is Convention #12, the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.
		The Hague Convention 1996 providing for the co-ordination of legal systems, and for international judicial and administrative co-operation to implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children of 20 November 1989, and complement the widely ratified Hague Conventions of 25 October 1980 on Child Abduction and of 29 May 1993 on Inter-country Adoption.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hague_Convention (365 words)

	Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The present Convention shall apply to public documents which have been executed in the territory of one Contracting State and which have to be produced in the territory of another Contracting State.
		However, the formality mentioned in the preceding paragraph cannot be required when either the laws, regulations, or practice in force in the State where the document is produced or an agreement between two or more Contracting States have abolished or simplified it, or exempt the document itself from legalisation.
		The present Convention shall be open for signature by the States represented at the Ninth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein and Turkey.
	www.apostille.ru /england/convention.shtml (1459 words)

	Kermon
		Pursuant to this practice a document must be submitted to the competent agencies of the country of its origin, who verifies the authenticity of the document, and thereafter the document is submitted to the other competent public agency (foreign mission) of the other state.
		This means that the document is certified as ‘legalised’ by public agencies of both the issuing, as well as the receiving country.
		The convention prescribes a form with fixed information (Apostille) that is used to prove the authenticity of a public documents.
	www.kermon.ee /index.php?main=150 (367 words)

	Legalization - Free net encyclopedia
		Legalization is a process often applied to what are now regarded as victimless crimes, such as homosexuality, or the consumption of illegal drugs.
		In international law, legalization is the process of certifying a document so that it will be recognized by the legal system of a foreign country.
		The procedure for legalizing a foreign document varies from country to country: the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents has supplanted this procedure with the use of the apostille in countries that are signatories to that convention.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Legalization (344 words)

	The Law Reform Commission Report on the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legislation for Foreign Public ...
		APPENDIX I: CONVENTION ABOLISHING THE REQUIREMENT OF LEGALISATION FOR FOREIGN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
		The mechanism of proof of the genuineness of a seal and/or signature borne by a foreign document may have to involve a chain of verificatory seals and/or signatures of various persons or bodies, each of whom is familiar with the immediately preceding seal and/or signature, being attached to the document in question.
		Verification of the seal and/or signature borne by a foreign public document is still permitted under the provisions of the Convention — it is not sought to assimilate the status of foreign and domestic public documents.
	www.lawreform.ie /publications/data/lrc82/lrc_82.html (8990 words)

	Hague Convention 1960
		It may be wise to have documents prepared for use in jurisdictions which have not yet designated an authority competent to affix the Convention apostille in two sets, one using the apostille and one using the chain authentication method, including the seal of the foreign embassy or consulate if possible.
		Documents which have the special Hague Legalization Certificate are acceptable in other countries where the treaty is in force without any other authentication.
		If you have a document you want legalized for use in another country which is also a party to the treaty, a special certification called an "apostille" must be affixed to the document by a competent authority.
	www.shirleytrust.com /resources/hague_convention_1960.htm (1107 words)

	Global Legalisation Services Ltd. Legalisation / Legalization, apostille, authentication and consular services at ALL ...
		Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation of Foreign Public Documents has made the process of legalisation less complicated where documents are being presented in certain countries.
		However, complicated legalisation procedures are still in place today in countries which are not party to the Hague Convention.
		Some of the Hague Conventions deal with the determination of the applicable law, some with the conflict of jurisdictions, some with the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, some with administrative and judicial co-operation between authorities and others combine one or more of these aspects of private international law.
	www.legalisations.com /legalisations/legalisationprocess.htm (430 words)

	The Hague Convention
		The States signatory to the present Convention, desiring to abolish the requirement of diplomatic or consular legalisation for foreign public documents,
		(d) official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official and notarial authentications of signatures.
		(b) the name of the person signing the public document and the capacity in which he has acted, or in the case of unsigned documents, the name of the authority which has affixed the seal or stamp.
	www.apostille.biz /hague-convention.asp (1411 words)

	Authentications and Apostilles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As a general rule, countries that are party to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents require an Apostille on documents which qualify as Australian public documents.
		Documents going to countries that are not party to the Hague Convention generally require an Authentication.
		All tertiary education documents must be notarised by a Notary Public or verified by the central Student Administration area of the issuing institution.
	www.smartraveller.gov.au /authen.html (536 words)

	Hague Conference On Private International Law
		Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents - The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents is Convention #12 of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
		The Academy is a prestigious international institution for the study hague conference on private international law and teaching of Public hague conference on private international law and Private International Law hague conference on private international law and related subjects.
		Its purpose is to encourage a thorough hague conference on private international law and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law.
	www.variableresearch.com /hagueconferenceonprivateinternationallaw.html (624 words)

	Hague Convention on Legalization of Foreign Public Documents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		That depends on whether the country where the document will be used in a party to a treaty on this subject called the "Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents".
		All judicial documents, both penal and civil, as well as notarial deeds, are legalized by the local court of first instance, in the area where the decision or the notarial deed was issued.
		The Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, done at the Hague on 5 October 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention), which applies to Macau at present, shall continue to apply to the Macau Special Administrative Region with effect from 20 December 1999.
	travel.state.gov /law/hague_foreign_docs.html (7377 words)

	Apostille - Authentication of Foreign Public Documents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Australia lodged its Instrument of Accession to The Hague Convention abolishing the requirement for Legalisation of Foreign Public Documents on 9 August 1994.
		Under the Convention an Apostille, which involves the addition of a simple certificate, either stamped by a rubber stamp on the document itself or put on a separate piece of paper firmly attached to the document, assists the Dutch authorities to rely on the facts set out in the document.
		In general, the most common 'public documents' which Australian and foreign nationals who were born or who have lived in Australia are asked to provide to the Dutch authorities with an Apostille are birth, marriage, death and single status certificates and divorce decrees.
	www.australian-embassy.nl /content.cfm?pagina=387 (870 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 486 - 28 January, 1998 - Written Answers. - Law Reform Commission.
		The up-to-date position as regards Ireland's ratification of the conventions is as follows: The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
		Statutory instruments implementing the terms of the convention into domestic Irish law are currently being prepared and Ireland should be in a position to ratify the convention shortly; the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.
		The Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for implementing the terms of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents into domestic Irish law.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0486/D.0486.199801280177.html (358 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Authentication of Documents for Use Overseas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This is because foreign government officials and agencies are not able to determine on sight the authenticity of foreign documents.
		New Zealand is a signatory to The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.
		The convention simplifies the use of public documents outside the country in which they are used by abolishing the requirement of authentication.
	www.mfat.govt.nz /travel/authentication.html (1130 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: Legalisation of Documents
		Legalisation also implies confirmation of the legal status and authority of the signatory.
		Documents considered public in the territory of one contracting party are also considered public in the territory of the other contracting party.
		Document translation has to be notary certified, and sewn and sealed complete with the original or confirmed duplicate of the original document.
	www.mfa.gov.lv /en/service/legalisation?print=on (633 words)

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	Dáil Éireann - Volume 481 - 14 October, 1997 - Written Answers. - Hague Convention.
		O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the delay in ratification of the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents which was approved by the Government for signature and ratification in 1996; and when the necessary steps will be taken to complete the ratification process.
		Andrews): The Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legislation for foreign public documents [791] was signed, subject to ratification, on behalf of Ireland on 29 October 1996.
		I will arrange for ratification of the Convention as soon as those changes are ready to be made.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0481/D.0481.199710140080.html (137 words)

	Legalisation : Latvia Documents
		If the document is drawn up in a country which has joined the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 1961 (henceforth HC-1961), its authenticity should be certified with an Apostille by the competent institution of the relevant state according to provisions of the Convention.
		If the document is intended to be in force in a country that has joined HC-1961, its authenticity has to be certified by the Consular Department (R?ga, Elizabetes iela 57, 1st floor) with an Apostille.
		If the document is intended to be in force in a country that has not joined HC-1961, it has to be legalised by Latvian Consular Department and/or diplomatic/consular mission in the relevant country, and afterwards - by a diplomatic/consular mission of the relevant state.
	www.apostilleinfo.com /forum/Latvia_Documents1-2-5.htm (291 words)

	Extradition made easier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Minister of Justice Ngarikutuke Tjiriange last week tabled a motion calling on the National Assembly to consider the provisions of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents and to agree that the Government accedes to it.
		It also streamlines the procedures in the area of mutual co-operation in criminal and civil matters in which public documents need to be issued from one Convention country to another," he explained to fellow MPs.
		The reason given was that the authentication of some of the extradition documents which had to be carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through which the request from the Ministry of Justice is channelled to South Africa, were incorrectly completed.
	www.namibian.com.na /2000/January/News/easier.html (318 words)

	HAGUE CONFERENCE - status Convention # 12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The requirement of Section 3190 is satisfied by the certification of the principal United States diplomatic or consular officer resident in the state requesting extradition that the documents are in such form as to be admissible in the tribunals of that State.
		Thus, the requirement of section 3190 is not deemed by the United States to be overridden by operation of Article 8 of the 1961 Convention.
		Failure to cover extradition documents in this recommended manner could regrettably result in a finding by the United States judge or magistrate hearing the extradition request that the documents do not meet the requirements of section 3190 and thus are not entitled to be received and admitted as evidence.
	www.worldnewsstand.net /law/HagueConference.htm (725 words)

	Hague Convention on Legalization of Foreign Public Documents
		If the country is not a party to the Hague Convention, see our general information on Authentication of Documents for Use Abroad available via our home page, or obtain a copy of that document via our autofax service (document #1046) or by mail.
		Down State Counties: New York authorities in Albany advise that documents issued in the nine down state counties are authenticated under the Convention by the New York City office.
		For documents authenticated by a notary public, or private documents where the signatures have been authenticated by a notary public: the President of the relevant Association of notaries public or the person legally responsible for its affairs; 3.
	www.travisa.com /hague.html (9095 words)

	apostille - apostille (English to Malay translation glossary) Law (general),
		That is done by affixing an apostille or by legislation.
		- btw, this word has nothing to do with 'linguistics' - it's a legal term.
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	www.proz.com /kudoz/1198443 (430 words)

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