Document Legalization Act for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Missions Article 9
An overseas mission may authenticate the original copy or exemplification of the following documents:1. Documents authenticated by the Ministry;2. Notarial certificates from mainland China verified or authenticated by institutes established or designated by, or private organizations commissioned by, the Executive Yuan;3. Documents notarized or attested by a notary public within the consular jurisdiction;4. Documents issued or authenticated by local government agencies within the consular jurisdiction;5. Documents issued or authenticated by an embassy, consulate, or representative office of a foreign country that falls within the consular jurisdiction; and6. Private documents issued or executed by the parties concerned within the consular jurisdiction.Photocopies of the documents mentioned in the preceding paragraph which have been certified as a true copy by the issuing authority or its superior authority may also be authenticated by an overseas mission.An overseas mission may authenticate photocopies of the following documents:1. Documents authenticated in accordance with this Act; and2. Photocopied documents certified as identical copies by the Ministry in accordance with Subparagraph 2 of Article 16 of this Act.
中文原文 外交部及駐外館處文件證明條例第9條
駐外館處得對下列文書之原本或正本為驗證：
一、經主管機關驗證之文書。
二、經行政院設立或指定之機構或委託之民間團體查證或驗證完成之大陸地區公證書。
三、經領務轄區內公證人公證或認證之文書。
四、領務轄區內當地政府機關製作或驗證之文書。
五、領務轄區內兼轄國派在駐在地使領館或代表機構製作或驗證之文書。
六、領務轄區內有關當事人製作之私文書。
前項文書之影本，經原核發機關或其上級機關證明其與原本或正本相符者，駐外館處亦得為驗證。
駐外館處得對下列文書之影本為驗證：
一、經依本條例驗證之文書。
二、經主管機關依第十六條第二款規定出具證明之文書。
一、經主管機關驗證之文書。
二、經行政院設立或指定之機構或委託之民間團體查證或驗證完成之大陸地區公證書。
三、經領務轄區內公證人公證或認證之文書。
四、領務轄區內當地政府機關製作或驗證之文書。
五、領務轄區內兼轄國派在駐在地使領館或代表機構製作或驗證之文書。
六、領務轄區內有關當事人製作之私文書。
前項文書之影本，經原核發機關或其上級機關證明其與原本或正本相符者，駐外館處亦得為驗證。
駐外館處得對下列文書之影本為驗證：
一、經依本條例驗證之文書。
二、經主管機關依第十六條第二款規定出具證明之文書。