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[CITE: 38USC302]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                       PART I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                CHAPTER 3--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
Sec. 302. Seal

    (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall cause a seal of office 
to be made for the Department of such device as the President shall 
approve. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.
    (b) Copies of any public document, record, or paper belonging to or 
in the files of the Department, when authenticated by the seal and 
certified by the Secretary (or by an officer or employee of the 
Department to whom authority has been delegated in writing by the 
Secretary), shall be evidence equal with the original thereof.

(Added Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 379.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 302 was renumbered section 1102 of this title.
    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 202 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(a).
