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Vanuatu Consolidated Legislation - 1988 |
Commencement: 2 March 1973
LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
REVISED EDITION 1988
CHAPTER 79
NOTARIES PUBLIC
QR 1 of 1973
QR 2 of 1976
Act 10 of 1988
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
5. Penalty for unlawfully practising as a notary public
6. Notary public to refuse to act in suspicious circumstances
8. Penalty for false certificate etc.
9. Power to make rules prescribing fees
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NOTARIES PUBLIC
To provide for the appointment of notaries public.
APPOINTMENT OF NOTARIES PUBLIC
NOTARIES PUBLIC TO BE SWORN AND ENROLLED
(2) Every person so enrolled shall be entitled to a certificate of enrolment under seal, and no person whose name shall not be enrolled as aforesaid shall be entitled to perform the duties of a notary public within Vanuatu.
(3) The oath to be sworn on appointment by a notary public shall be in the following form, that is to say -
"I, .........................., do swear that I will faithfully exercise the office of a notary public; I will faithfully make contracts or instruments for or between any party or parties requiring the same, and I will not add or diminish any thing without the knowledge or consent of such party or parties that may alter the substance of the fact; I will not make or attest any act, contract or instrument in which I shall know there is violence or fraud; and in all things I will act uprightly and justly in the business of a notary public according to the best of my skill and ability. So help me God!"
NOTARIES PUBLIC TO BE OFFICERS
REVOCATION OF APPOINTMENTS
(2) The Registrar shall remove from the Roll of Notaries Public the name of any person whose appointment has been revoked under the provisions of subsection (1) and the certificate of enrolment of such person shall be delivered up to the Registrar who shall cancel it.
PENALTY FOR UNLAWFULLY PRACTISING AS A NOTARY PUBLIC
NOTARY PUBLIC TO REFUSE TO ACT IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
(2) (a) Any person who considers himself aggrieved by the refusal of a notary public to note the protest or to do any other notarial act demanded may apply to the Supreme Court for an order calling upon the notary public to act in the execution of his office.
(b) Before applying for such an order the person wishing so to apply shall cause reasonable notice of the application to be given to the notary public refusing to act and to such persons in Vanuatu (if any) as may be interested in the subject of the protest or other notarial act demanded.
NOTARY PUBLIC TO MARK REFUSAL ON DOCUMENT
PENALTY FOR FALSE CERTIFICATE, ETC.
POWER TO MAKE RULES PRESCRIBING FEES
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[Subsidiary]
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
NOTARIES PUBLIC (FEES) RULES
FEES
The fees which may be charged by a notary public in respect of notarial acts shall be those specified in the Schedule.
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[Subsidiary]
SCHEDULE
Part I
MARINE PROTESTS
for the first 200 words or part thereof ...................................................... 500
for each additional 200 words or part thereof ............................................ 70
for the first 200 words or part thereof ...................................................... 500
for each additional 200 words or part thereof ........................................... 70
5. For drawing marine protest, per folio ........................................................ 70
Part II
NOTING AND PROTESTING BILLS OF EXCHANGE
for the first 200 words or part thereof ........................................................ 500
for each additional 200 words or part thereof ................................................ 70
attestation ........................................................................................................ 125
16. For each exhibit thereto ............................................................................. 40
18. For certifying to a copy of a document or part of a document -
for the first 100 words or, being a photographic copy, the whole document ..........................................................................................
250
for every additional 100 words or part thereof ...................................... 350
19. For uniting documents and attaching notary seal to the fastening ............... 60
22. For affixing notary signature and seal if required to any document not otherwise
provided for by this Schedule .................................................................. 175
23. For each notary public seal affixed to a document, packet or article, when no
signature is required ............................................................................... 125
24. For any other notarial act not specified above ........................................... 175
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