[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 22, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 22CFR92.53]



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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS

 

                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

PART 92_NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  92.53  ``Commission to take depositions'' defined.



    A commission to take depositions is a written authority issued by a 

court of justice, or by a quasi-judicial body, or a body acting in such 

capacity, giving power to take the testimony of witnesses who cannot 

appear personally to be examined in the court or before the body issuing 

the commission. In Federal practice, a commission to take depositions is 

issued only when necessary or convenient, on application and notice. The 

commission indicates the action or hearing in which the depositions are 

intended to be used, and the person or persons required to take the 

depositions, usually by name or descriptive title (see Sec.  92.55 for 

manner of designating notarizing officers). Normally a commission is 

accompanied by detailed instructions for its execution.



[22 FR 10858, Dec. 27, 1957, as amended at 60 FR 51723, Oct. 3, 1995]