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PUBLIC LAW 88-619-OCT. 3, 1964

[78 STAT.

(b) The analysis of chapter 113 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting: "1696. Service in foreign and international litigation."

after: "1695. stockholder's, derivative action."

62 Stat. 948.

28 USC app. ^ 28 USC 1731^^

SEC. 5. (a) Section 1741 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read: "§1741. Foreign official documents "An official record or document of a foreign country may be evidenced by a copy, summary, or excerpt authenticated as provided in (]^g Federal Rules of Civil Procedure." (b) The analysis of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking: "1741. Foreign documents generally; copies."

and inserting in place thereof: "1741. Foreign official documents."

Repeal.

§^0. 6. (a) Section 1742 of title 28, United States Code, is repealed, (b) The analysis of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after: "1742. Land titles; foreign records."

63 Stat. 103.

62 Stat. 949.

the following: "[Repealed]." gj,(. 7 (.^) Section 1745 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read: "§ 1745. Copies of foreign patent documents "Copies of the specifications and drawings of foreign letters patent, or applications for foreign letters patent, and copies of excerpts of the official journals and other official publications of foreign patent offices belonging to the United States Patent Office, certified in the manner provided by section 1744 of this title are prima facie evidence of their contents and of the dates indicated on their face." (b) The analysis of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking: "1745. Copies of foreign patent specifications and drawings." and inserting in place thereof: "1745. Copies of foreign patent documents." g^c. 8. (a) Section 1781 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read: "§1781. Transmittal of letter rogatory or request " (a) The Department of State has power, directly, or through suitable channels— "(1) to receive a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a foreign or international tribunal, to transmit it to the tribunal, officer, or agency in the United States to whom it is addressed, and to receive and return it after execution; and "(2) to receive a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a tribunal in the United States, to transmit it to the foreign or international tribunal, officer, or agency to whom it is addressed, and to receive and return it after execution. " (b) This section does not preclude— "(1) the transmittal of a letter rogatory or request directly from a foreign or international tribunal to the tribunal, officer, or

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