Document Legalization Act for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Missions Article 13

When authenticating photocopies of documents stipulated in Paragraph 2 of Article 8, or Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 3 of Article 9, the Ministry or overseas mission, respectively, shall request that the applicant provide the original copy or its exemplification and verify whether the photocopy and the original copy are identical and whether the signature or seal of the Ministry or the overseas mission on the original copy or its exemplification is authentic.In the conduct of document authentication as stipulated in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 3 of Article 9, an overseas mission shall verify the validity of the existence of the document in form by appropriate means.