B-38: INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE LEGAL REGIME OF POWERS OF ATTORNEY TO BE 
USED ABROAD                                                                     


        ADOPTED AT: PANAMA, PANAMA                                              

              DATE: 01/30/75

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE            
                    INTERNATIONAL LAW                                           
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  ENTRY INTO FORCE: 01/16/76   IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 16 OF THE CONVENTION  

        DEPOSITORY: GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND           
                    RATIFICATIONS)                                              
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              TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 45                                  

   UN REGISTRATION: 03/20/89  No. 24385   Vol.       

      OBSERVATIONS: This convention shall remain open for signature by the      
                    Member States of the OAS and for accession by any other     
                    state.                                                      

               GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: B-38               

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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES    SIGNATURE REF   RA/AC/AD REF   DEPOSIT INST  INFORMA REF
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Argentina ...........   09/22/82       10/28/82 D  a  12/07/82 RA     /  /     
Bolivia .............   08/02/83       04/20/88       01/17/89 RA     /  /     
Brazil ..............   01/30/75       03/17/94       05/03/94 RA     /  /     
Chile ...............   01/30/75       07/09/76       08/13/76 RA     /  /     
Colombia ............   01/30/75         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Costa Rica ..........   01/30/75       01/02/78       01/20/78 RA     /  /     
Dominican Republic ..   11/17/76       10/06/77       10/06/77 RA     /  /     
Ecuador .............   01/30/75       06/24/75       08/06/75 RA     /  /     
El Salvador .........   01/30/75       06/27/80       08/11/80 RA     /  /     
Guatemala ...........   01/30/75       11/16/79       01/10/80 RA     /  /     
Honduras ............   01/30/75       01/08/79       03/22/79 RA     /  /     
Mexico ..............   12/02/86    1  02/11/87 D  b  06/12/87 RA     /  /     
Nicaragua ...........   01/30/75         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Panama ..............   01/30/75       11/11/75       12/17/75 RA     /  /     
Paraguay ............   08/26/75    1  12/02/76       12/15/76 RA     /  /     
Peru ................   01/30/75       07/05/77       08/25/77 RA     /  /     
Uruguay .............   01/30/75       03/29/77       04/25/77 RA     /  /     
Venezuela ...........   01/30/75       11/06/85       12/18/85 RA     /  /     
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REF = REFERENCE                                      INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
       D = DECLARATION                                      RA = RATIFICATION
       R = RESERVATION                                      AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA  = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY               AD = ACCESSION
                                                                              
                                                                              
                 B-38. INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE LEGAL                 
                REGIME OF POWERS OF ATTORNEY TO BE USED ABROAD                
                                                                              
                                                                              
1.   Mexico, Paraguay:                                                        
                                                                              
     Signed ad referendum.                                                    
                                                                              
a.           Argentina:                                                       
                                                                              
     (Interpretative  declarations  made  at  the  time  of                   
ratification)                                                                 
                                                                              
     It is the interpretation of the Republic of Argentina                    
that the intrinsic validity of the power of attorney shall                    
also be governed by the law of the State in which it is to be                 
used.                                                                         
                                                                              
     With respect to Article 6, it is the interpretation of the               
Republic of Argentina that the expression "the official respon-               
sible for legalizing them" refers to the official in whose                    
office the document is made or who validates it.                              
                                                                              
b.   Mexico:                                                                  
                                                                              
     (Declaration made at the time of ratification)                           
                                                                              
     Article 5                                                                
     The United Mexican States interprets Article 5 of this                   
Inter-American Convention to mean that the mandate has been                   
extended with the full scope provided for by Article 4 of the                 
Protocol, mentioned in Article 10 of the Inter-American                       
Convention on the Legal Regime of Powers of Attorney to be Used               
Abroad.

Text of the Treaty