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Notaries Public Act

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Arrangement of Sections

1. Short title.

2. Appointment of notaries.

3. Oath of office.

4. Register of notaries.

5. Fees.

6. Notaries to be officers of the Supreme Court.

7. Revocation of appointment of notary by the Supreme Court.

8. Suspension of notaries.

9. Judges may suspend notaries temporarily.

10. Constitution of Supreme Court on inquiring into complaint against a notary.

11. Existing notaries to be entered in register.

12. Register to be revised.

13. Where notary refuses to act.

14. Refusal to act to be noted on document.

15. Penalty for misfeasance.

16. Offences.

17. Notaries ex officio.

18. Jurat to state where oath is taken.

19. Notary not to act when interested.

20. Special exemption of notaries appointed by the Master of Faculties.

21. Transitional provisions.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

Oath of office

SECOND SCHEDULE

Notaries fees of office

An Act to provide for the appointment of notaries public, and their registration and to regulate the duties of the office of Notary Public.

[1st October, 1936] [Commencement.]

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Notaries Public Act.

2. Appointment of notaries

(1) The Chief Justice of Nigeria may appoint any fit and proper person being a legal practitioner to be a notary public for Nigeria (in this Act referred to as a "notary" or as a "notary public").
(2) A notary appointed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria shall perform the same duties and exercise the same functions as a notary in England.

3. Oath of office

A notary before being admitted to and entering on the duties of his office shall take and subscribe the oath set out in the First Schedule to this Act before the Chief Justice of Nigeria or before such person as the Chief Justice of Nigeria may appoint.

4. Register of notaries

(1) The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court shall keep a register in which he shall enter the name and address of every person who shall be appointed to the office of notary and the date of his appointment and admission.
(2) Every person appointed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria as a notary and whose name is entered in the register shall be entitled to a certificate to the effect that he has been registered as a notary public for Nigeria.

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