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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of December 31, 2014 No. 517-FZ

About introduction of amendments to the Federal law "About Acts of Civil Status"

Accepted by the State Duma on December 19, 2014

Approved by the Federation Council on December 25, 2014

Article 1

Bring in the Federal Law of November 15, 1997 No. 143-FZ "About acts of civil status" (The Russian Federation Code, 1997, No. 47, Art. 5340; 2001, No. 44, Art. 4149; 2002, No. 18, Art. 1724; 2003, No. 17, Art. 1553; No. 28, Art. 2889; No. 50, Art. 4855; 2004, No. 35, Art. 3607; 2005, No. 1, Art. 25; 2006, No. 1, Art. 10; 2009, No. 51, Art. 6154; No. 52, Art. 6441; 2010, No. 15, Art. 1748; 2011, No. 27, Art. 3880; No. 49, Art. 7056; No. 50, Art. 7342; 2012, No. 31, Art. 4322; No. 47, Art. 6394; 2013, No. 19, Art. 2326, 2331; No. 30, Art. 4075; No. 48, Art. 6165; 2014, No. 14, Art. 1544; No. 19, Art. 2322; No. 26, Art. 3371) following changes:

1) in the paragraph the second Item 2 of Article 4 of the word "storage location of civil registrations and" shall be replaced with words "the storage location of civil registrations on papers and in the form of electronic documents,";

2) in Article 7:

a) add Item 2 with the words "on paper";

b) add with Item 5 of the following content:

"5. Record of the act of civil status is constituted also in electronic form and signed by the strengthened qualified digital signature of the authorized employee of body of civil registration.

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