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15.2.4

Preparation and handling of certified documents. (cont'd)

I.

Certified document must be prepared under Copyright Office direction and control.(oont'd)

b.

(cont'd)

2.

In furnishing material to the Photodup­lication Service for photocopying, the Copyright office. must clearly specify whether it is to be returned to the Office for certification.

c.

The Copyright Office will not certify any material prepared outside its control.

1.

The Office will not certify copies of works, photostats, photographs, addi­tional certificate forms, or other material sent in for this purpose, this is in accordance with the Office's general policy not to undertake compari­sons of material.

2.

Once an uncertified photocopy of Copyright Office records, correspondence, or deposits has left the Library, it cannot be returned later for certification; this is because of the possibility that the material may be altered in the interval. Exception: If the material was not certified because or an error on the part or the Copyright Office or the Pbotoduplication Service it can be re­turned for certification.

II.

Need for speed and accuracy. Many certified documents are requested for use as evidence in proceedings before court or administrative agencies.

a.

Certified documents should therefore be pre­pared without delay, and in some cases the utmost speed is necessary. It correspondence is needed, it should likewise be handled with diapatch.