1Every public organ, upon request, may issue copies or parts unified with the original of the acts issued by itself, or other documents under its administration.

2The unification with the original shall not be made if, under the circumstances, it results that the original contains differences, discrepancies, deletions, illegible words, figures or signs, traces of the their erasure, or where the continuity of a document composed of several sheets has been interrupted.

3At an exceptional base, in the cases provided by paragraph 2 of this article, when that original is the only existent exemplar of the document, the unification of it can be made by making a relevant note on the respective deficiencies.

4The unification with the original shall be made through a unification note placed at the end of the copy. This note must contain:

aan exact description of the document of which is being unified;

ba statement that the copy is identical with the original document or it is an extract of such document;

cthe place and date of unification;

çthe public organ making the unification and its official stamp.

dthe name and the signature of the official responsible for the unification;

5The deadline to issue the unified copy is 10 (ten) days from the day the request is submitted.

6In the event of failure to fulfil the request or of rejection by the public organ, the applicant shall have the right to appeal against the failure to issue a unified copy according to this Code.

7Provisions of this article shall be applied as appropriate for the unification with the original of other documents stored in the form of pictures, video recording, or recorded with any other technical means.