Külügyi Közlöny 2. 1922 (Budapest, 1923)

1922-07-05 / 12. szám

and concerning the reliability of foreign firms, fully and readily answer all enquiries, made by Hungarian government-offices and. central authorities, by Chambers of Commerce, Trading and Industrial Corporations, Agricultural Societies, kindred institutions of science as well as by home-firms. In order to utilize these frequently instructive replies by publishing them for the benefit of commerce, the Consular Offices shall, if of general interest and if the publication be not prejudicial to the particular interest of the enquiring firm, forward copies of such replies to the Hungarian Musenm of Commerce. The enquiries of Information Bureaux and Information Agencies which deal in informations as a matter of business, shall

, in no case, be answered. IV. Notarial Acts. 1. Attestations. The Consular Officers may attest any Deeds, Contracts, Wills and like instruments, required to be produced to the Hungarian authorities. In attesting a signature, affixed to a document, the Hungarian Consular Officer acknowledges that it was subscribed in his presence by t]ie person, executing the instrument, or else that a signature, previously affixed, was acknowledged by such person to have been subscribed by his or her own hand. As to the contents of a document only as much as is necessary for making an entry in the Minutes, shall be recorded. For the contents of a document or on account of the execution thereof, the Consular Officier shall not be held responsible. The Consular Officer shall, however, bear in mind that, like the Notary Public in Hungary, he is not to act in respect of any illegitimate business-transactions or of any business of an apparently suspicious nature and into which the parties, therein concerned, have entered for the sake of appearance to circumvent the law or to prejudice third persons. Of each application for attestation a short protokol shall be drawn up. The Consular Officer shall satisfy himself as to the identity of the person, applying for attestation, or as to the genuineness of the signature to be attested. If the person, affixing a signature in the presence of the Consular Officer, be unknown to the Consul, two witnesses shall be produced for the purpose of identification. The official attestation shall be endorsed on the document, and the Consular Officer shall affix his signature thereto and impress his seal thereon. Similar procedure shall be observed in respect of the attestation of copies of documents, or of translations from a foreign language. The formula used for attesting a signature shall riiii

: N. N. fenti aláírását hitelesítem. magyar királyi konzul (a m. kir. konzul helyett). Date, signatnre, seal, or: „In witness of the attestation of the above signature of Date, signature, seal. Royal Hungarian Consul.'" For all notarial acts the authorized consular fees shall be collected. 2. Procedure in case of deaths. In the event of the death of a Hungarian subject, taking place within their districts the Royal Hungarian Consuls shall report to their Superiors, transmit the Certificate of death, issued by the local authority, and furnish, in regard to the heirs and the estate, concerned, full particulars to the Hungarian authorities. Order No. 7293/2—1921. Regulations Respecting Passports. 1. Issue,. Prolongation and Validity of Tassports. Honorary Consuls are not generally authorized : a) To grant passports to Hungarian subjects, b) To renew to Hungarian subjects the validity of passports to countries other than those stated by the authorities by whom the passports have been issued. Persons, applying in such matters to the Consular Office are to be directed to the superior Diplomatic or Consular Representative. Honorary Consuls may, however, co-operate in obtaining and transmitting the data which the superior Diplomatic or Consular authorities require in such cases. Honorary Consular Offices, to be established in future and subordinated to the Hungarian Ministry direct, shall receive special instructions in passport-matters. II. Visas for Foreign Passports for Travelling to (through

) IIu ngary. A. Residents abroad who are not subjects of the country to which the Honorary Consular