Sentences with phrase «apostilles because»

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Such a clause helps Canada because it is hard to get provincial and territorial unanimity to legislate, even for uncontroversial matters like the Apostille Convention.

It matters because if Canada becomes a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (known formally as the Convention on the abolition of all forms of legalization), then it will be contrary to the Convention for anyone in Canada to ask for legalization.

One European authority told me that if he ever had a document that he refused to put an apostille on because he did not think it was genuine, he would refer the case to a prosecutor.

That said, it is not clear on the face of the Convention or in the supporting documents whether a state that received an electronic apostille could refuse to give it legal effect because of concerns about the security of the method by which it was signed.