Sentences with phrase «apostilles on»

As mentioned above, no one really verifies the signature on apostilles on paper, or checks the register.

It seems likely that Canada would move to an e-register from the outset, but the challenges of the e-app may lead it to start with apostilles on paper.

In short, the security of an apostille on paper varies.)

This could be done for a public document that was never printed, or for a scanned version of the electronic document (though the competent authority might well insist on seeing the original paper version, if there was one, before putting his or her apostille on an electronic version of it.)

Others will refuse to put an apostille on a document they think is a forgery, though no one would accept a duty to screen all documents against forgery.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

If no one in Canada asks for legalization now, we can accede to the Convention based on administrative agreements among federal / provincial / territorial governments to issue apostilles under certain circumstances.

Though the Convention dates from 1961 (and now has about 100 member states — though not yet Canada), it does not require apostilles to be on paper.

Since Canada is considering acceding to this Convention, this column will review some of the issues involved in that process and in particular the technological frontiers of authentication that The Hague Conference on Private International Law is exploring with respect to electronic apostilles.

The electronic apostille (and register): Under the Hague Conference on Private International Law's Convention on the Abolition of All Forms of Legalization, member states may authenticate public documents for use in other member states by use of a certificate called an apostille.

Tying authentication to privacy again: the Conference recommends (in paragraph 5a) that the numbers that the Convention requires to be on the apostilles be generated randomly, or at least not sequentially, to make it difficult for someone to ask for details about an apostille without having the actual apostille in hand.

The Hague Conference has been doing a lot of work on electronic apostilles too, with some success, especially for the registry of apostilles that can be readily verified from the country of destination.

The Hague Conference has been collaborating for several years with the National Notary Association (NNA) in the United States on the creation and use of an electronic apostille.

The Hague Conference on Private International Law has been promoting electronic certificates of authenticity (apostilles) under its Apostille (Legalization) Convention.

Further, states party to the Convention were encouraged (at the Sixth International Forum on the E-App in 2010, Conclusions and Recommendations, paragraph 5 (a)-RRB- to issue apostilles with non-consecutive numbers.

In practice, no one checks up on the signatures of the competent authorities on the apostilles.

(Second regional meeting of the e-APP for Europe project, May 27, 2011, slide 18, followed by examples from the registers» websites) They range from a simple confirmation that the apostille referred to was issued, to a description of the underlying document, to a copy of the underlying document, to the validation of the digital signature on the document.

Nonetheless, the result is arguably not less secure than the current ink - on - paper signatures and seals on printed apostilles.

Different techniques for the e-apostille are being used or developed in different member states of the Convention, and they may use different approaches to creating the seal on the apostille.

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.

The Hague Conference's Apostille Convention provides a method of authenticating seals (and signatures) on public documents to facilitate use of those documents internationally.

For more information on countries party to or bound to this convention, please visit the Hague Conference website, Apostille Section.