Full powers
Ass. I
1. A full power is a special authorization given to a representative by
the head of the state he represents. So it invests the agent with power
to negotiate and to sign a treaty.
2. A diplomatic agent requires a full power when he is entrusted for the
conclusion of a treaty or convention or deputed to take part in a congress
or conference for a similar purpose.
3. The full powers are exhibited for verifivation when the representatives
of the negotiating states enter upon their task. In the case of a multiple
negotiation the verification will take place in the headquarters.
4. When horses provided communication, a full power invested its recipient
with power to bind his principal, provided that he acted within the limits
of his authority.
5. The form of the full powers issued nowadays to representatives for such
purposes as the negotiation and signature of a treaty is various, according
to the particular constitution or the settled practice of the country which
issues them. The essential feature of all such documents is that they should
show that the representative is invested with necessary authority.
6. The headqurters government performs the duty of verification of the full
powers. And in case of treaties concluded under the auspices of the UN its
Secretariat performs the duty.
7. The essential feature of full powers is that they should show that the
representative is invested with necessary authority.
Ass. II
1. ... obsolete, presumably because ratification and accession are the acts
of governments themselves.
2. ... power to to bind his principal, provided that he acted within the
limits of his authority.
3. ... something quite different; it invests the agent with power to
negotiate and to sing a treaty but not with power to bind its principal.
4. ... the mutual submission of the their full powers for verification.
5. ... handed to a 'headquarters government', which preserves them in the
archives of the treaty.
6. ... the particular constitution or the settled practice of the country
which issues them.
7. ... the 'headquarters government' or upon the UN Secretary.