# legislationCountersignedBy

The person or organization that countersigned the legislation. Depending on the legal context, a countersignature can indicate that the signed authority undertakes to assume responsibility for texts emanating from a person who is inviolable and irresponsible, (for example a King, Grand Duc or President), or that the authority is in charge of the implementation of the text.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Organization](https://schema.org.ai/Organization) | An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc. |
| [Person](https://schema.org.ai/Person) | A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional). |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Legislation](https://schema.org.ai/Legislation) | A legal document such as an act, decree, bill, etc. (enforceable or not) or a component of a legal act (like an article). |

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Quoted from Schema.org 30.1, https://schema.org/legislationCountersignedBy, under CC BY-SA 3.0. Served by the Org.AI Foundation at https://schema.org.ai/legislationCountersignedBy.