Abstract
Practical application of Art. 68 of the Code of Civil Procedure may also concern entities which are not parties to litigation or out-of-court proceedings. This refers in particular to non-governmental organizations and interveners. Attention should also be given to the proof of authorization given by selected groups of entities, i.e. judicial authorities and local government entities. In case of the officers of those authorities there are circumstances indicating excessive formalism of the regulation as compared with the needs, which effects from, inter alia, legal regulations for publication of information about appointment (nomination, election) of those persons. The article concludes with a presentation of the results of examination of records carried out by the authors in selected common courts.