The Polish Code of Civil Procedure in article 1138 states that the probative value of foreign official documents is equal to Polish official documents. As a rule the law does not require legalisation to grant foreign official documents probative value equal to Polish official documents. The Code, however, provides for two exceptions to this rule which require legalisation by Polish agents or consular officers. The article presents a practical application of article 1138 of the Code on the background of regulations applicable to evidence in Polish civil procedure rules and the European Convention on the abolition of legalisation of documents executed by diplomatic agents or consular officers. The paper shows that the provision of national official documents apply, in the case of foreign official documents, only in certain instances, i.e. in some cases their direct application would not be appropriate.
Modern corruption crimes take the form of actions which respective stages and effects may occur in the territories of different countries. Therefore it is necessary to create a system of effective international cooperation to combat corruption and to adopt legislation enabling the prosecution of the perpetrators of corruption. Such activities have been undertaken by international organizations acting at general and regional level. Their efforts resulted in adoption of a number of anti-corruption documents. The paper presents these elements of cooperation mechanisms which have been regulated in the analyzed anti-corruption documents, in particular with regard to extradition, mutual legal assistance and asset recovery of the corruption practices. In the first place, the paper presents the most important jurisdictional regulations in respect of acts of corruption.
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