§ RULE 4:3. PERSONS BEFORE WHOM DEPOSITIONS MAY BE TAKEN
RULE 4:3. PERSONS BEFORE WHOM DEPOSITIONS MAY BE TAKEN
(a) Within This Commonwealth. Within this Commonwealth depositions may be taken before any person authorized by law to administer oaths, and if certified by his hand may be received without proof of the signature to such certificate.
(b) Within the United States. In any other State of the United States or within any territory or insular possession subject to the dominion of the United States, depositions may be taken before any officer authorized to take depositions in the jurisdiction wherein the witness may be, or before any commissioner appointed by the Governor of this Commonwealth.
(c) No Commission Necessary. No commission by the Governor of this Commonwealth shall be necessary to take a deposition whether within or without this Commonwealth.
(d) In Foreign Countries. In a foreign state or country depositions shall be taken (1) before any American minister plenipotentiary, charge d'affaires, secretary of embassy or legation, consul general, consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent of the United States in a foreign country, or any other representative of the United States therein, including commissioned officers of the armed services of the United States, or (2) before the mayor, or other magistrate of any city, town or corporation in such country, or any notary therein.
(e) Certificate When Deposition Taken Outside Commonwealth. Any person before whom a deposition is taken outside this Commonwealth shall certify the same with his official seal annexed; and, if he have none, the genuineness of his signature shall be authenticated by some officer of the same state or country, under his official seal, except that no seal shall be required of a commissioned officer of the armed services of the United States, but his signature shall be authenticated by the commanding officer of the military installation or ship to which he is assigned.