Board’s rulings will be circulated to all notaries public for their information and also for

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A simple certificate or ‘apostille’ in a prescribed form issued by the competent authority of the state from

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attestation certificate is usually required. In such cases, the notary public’s signat

may not require proof of the notary public’s bona fides by referring the document to the

Attorney on its behalf, it is the duty

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notary is entitled to take into account facts such as the deponent’s behaviour before him. If

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(a) a company’s principal place of business and place of incorporation;

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company under its common seal, it must call for inspection of the company’s

manner of execution are consistent with the company’s Articles. By perusing such enquiries of

Notaries Public Rules. This is the item of “Execution by company or corporation

with declaration and exhibit”, for which a fee of $150 is currently provided.

rtify a company’s

The act of certification of a company’s place of incorporation (but not the due execution of a

(a) witnessing someone’s signature on a land transfer document (one sheet);

(b)

1(1) of Part II of the First Schedule to the Notaries Public Rules (‘the rules’), the

fee chargeable by a notary public for “notarial execution by one person to any document” is $40.

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