NOTARIES PUBLIC AND NOTARIAL FUNCTIONS ACT: INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
NOTARIES PUBLIC RULES
[Section 32]
Arrangement of Rules
Rule
1. Title
2. Roll of Notaries Public
3. Appointment as notary public
4. Order directing notary to act
5. Prescribed forms
SI 427 of 1968.
[Rules by the Chief Justice]
These Rules may be cited as the Notaries Public Rules.
The Roll of Notaries Public shall be in the form of a book or books of fifty double pages. The left-hand page shall be in four columns headed respectively as follows:
1. Name.
2. Address.
3. Date of appointment.
4. Any other particulars required by paragraphs (c) and (d) of section 30(1) of the Act. The right-hand page shall be in three columns headed respectively.
5. Signature of notary.
6. Signature of Registrar.
7. Sample Seal and High Court File No.
3. Appointment as notary public
An application for appointment as a notary public shall be supported by an affidavit verifying the facts upon which the application is founded.
4. Order directing notary to act
An application for an order directing a notary public to act in execution of his office shall be supported by an affidavit verifying the facts upon which the application is founded.
The forms in the Schedule shall be used for the appropriate purposes thereof.
SCHEDULE
[Rule 5]
PRESCRIBED FORMS
FORM 1
[Section 3(1)]
THE NOTARIES PUBLIC AND NOTARIAL FUNCTIONS ACT
INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT
………………. A ………………. B ………………… is hereby appointed a notary public.
……………………………..
Chief Justice
………………….(Date)
FORM 2
[Section 5(2)]
THE NOTARIES PUBLIC AND NOTARIAL FUNCTIONS ACT
CERTIFICATE OF ENROLMENT
It is hereby certified that ………………. A.B. ………………………….. was on the day of enrolled as a notary public.
……………………………….
Registrar
………………….(Date)
(Seal of High Court)
FORM 3
[Section 8(2)]
THE NOTARIES PUBLIC AND NOTARIAL FUNCTIONS ACT
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ORDER DIRECTING NOTARY TO ACT
To the Chief Justice or Mr. Justice …………………………………. (as the case may be).
On the …………………………. day of ……………………………….. I ………………………(name of applicant) of …………………………..
(address of applicant) …………………………………………… requested (name of notary) …………………………………… to perform the following notarial act/s:…………………………………………………………………………………….(here set out statement of act requested).
2. The circumstances in which said request was made are as follows:
……………………. (here set out the facts).
3. The said …………………………… (name of notary) refused to act.
4. I hereby request that an order be made directing the said to act in …………………………. (name of notary) the execution of this office in the matter aforesaid.
……………………………..
Applicant
………………….(Date)
FORM 4
[Section 20(2)]
THE NOTARIES PUBLIC AND NOTARIAL FUNCTIONS ACT
FORM OF REPORT
To the Chief Justice.
……………… A ……………… B ……………… a notary public appointed under the Notaries Public and Notarial Functions Act, was on the …………… day of ………………………….. convicted by me of the offence of ……………………….. and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of …………..
2. The facts relating to such conviction are as follows:
…………………………………
Judge or Magistrate
………………….(Date)
FORM 5
[Section 32]
THE NOTARIES PUBLIC AND NOTARIAL FUNCTIONS ACT
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS A NOTARY PUBLIC
To the Chief Justice.
1. I ……………………………………………… (name of applicant) of ……………………………………(address of applicant) hereby apply for appointment as a notary public.
2. The facts supporting this application are set out and verified in the attached affidavit.
……………………………….
Applicant
………………….(Date)