An Act Providing That the Clerk of the Supreme Court and All Clerks of Courts of First Instance Shall be Ex Officio Notaries Public
Act No. 162, enacted on July 9, 1901, designates the clerks of the Supreme Court and Court of First Instance in Manila as ex officio notaries public, granting them the authority to perform notarial duties within their respective jurisdictions. Clerks of Courts of First Instance outside Manila are similarly empowered as notaries public within their provinces. The act specifies that the official seal of the clerk will suffice for notarial acts, eliminating the need for a separate notary seal. The law was expedited for passage to serve the public good and took effect immediately upon enactment.
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- Act No. 162
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 9, 1901
ACT NO. 162
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT AND ALL CLERKS OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE SHALL BE EX OFFICIO NOTARIES PUBLIC
SECTION 1. The clerk of the Supreme Court and the clerk and assistant clerk of the Court of First Instance in the city of Manila are hereby made ex officio notaries public and are authorized to perform within the city of Manila all the duties appertaining to the office of notary public.
SECTION 2. Each clerk of a Court of First instance organized under Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, outside the city of Manila, is hereby made ex officio a notary public and is authorized to perform the duties of a notary public within the province or territory in which the court of which he is clerk is held.
SECTION 3. The official seal of the clerk of the court shall be affixed by him to papers officially signed by him as notary public, and such seal shall be sufficient without a special seal as notary public.
SECTION 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this Act, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, July 9, 1901.
Cite This Law
An Act Providing That the Clerk of the Supreme Court and All Clerks of Courts of First Instance Shall be Ex Officio Notaries Public, Act No. 162, Jul 9, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Providing That the Clerk of the Supreme Court and All Clerks of Courts of First Instance Shall be Ex Officio Notaries Public, Act No. 162 (Phil. 1901)
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