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These could presumably include methods not involving the use of letters rogatory at all, though given the legal traditions of the region such radicalism seems unlikely.

The actual transmission of letters rogatory to the authority to which they are addressed is governed by Article 4 which allows six possible modes of transmission.

For several months the judicial authorities and rogatory committees of several Member States have been conducting investigations and enquiries and drawing up reports.

Meanwhile the Bustamente Code of 1928 contained similar provisions, dealing additionally with the power of the judges issuing and receiving letters rogatory to determine questions as to the jurisdiction they were asked to exercise.

Judicial Assistance: Authorities on Taiwan provide judicial assistance in response to letters rogatory from foreign courts in accordance with Taiwan's "Law Governing Extension of Assistance to Foreign Courts."

Processing letters rogatory and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) judicial assistance cases, including providing seal and certificate for return of letters rogatory executed by foreign officials.

Insofar as requests to United States courts are concerned, the use of letters rogatory for requesting the taking of evidence has been replaced in large part by applications under 28 U.S.C. section 1782, or Section 1782 Discovery.

The Mundanes may not be good for much, but they certainly know how to grow horses 1" Imbri could only agree, despite the golem's obliquely de- rogatory reference to herself-the implication that Xanth could not grow good horses.

The first was the narrow perception of letters rogatory as 'exclusively limited by understanding and in practice' to requests for the taking of evidence; their use in the context of service of process he described as 'novel', one requiring express statutory authority.

The relevant Article, Article 5, begins by declaring a new principle, that 'the processing of letters rogatory by the Central Authority of the State Party of destination and its judicial or administrative authorities shall be free of change'.

The Hague convention applies only to civil proceedings, but the Act also contains provisions for the courts to deal with letters rogatory in criminal matters, as well as international proceeding such as proceedings in the International Court of Justice.

Until such time as this Convention enters into force, Member States can have recourse to the 1959 Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and to Council of Europe Recommendation (85)10 concerning letters rogatory for the interception of telecommunications.

The use of letters rogatory for purposes of service of process to initiate court action is now largely confined to the Americas, as between countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, service of process is effected without resort to letters rogatory, under the provisions of the Hague Service Convention.