NOTARIES PUBLIC ACT, 2023

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NOTARIES PUBLIC ACT, 2023

LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Act repeals the Notaries Public Act, Cap. N141, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and enacts the Notaries Public Act, 2023 to provide for the appointment of Notaries Public, their registration and to regulate the duty of the office of the Notary Public and to make provisions for the performance of digital and remote notarisations of documents by Notaries Public in Nigeria and the recognition of digitally notarised documents.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This law repeals the Notaries Public Act, Cap N141, LFN 2004]

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Appointment of Notaries

2. Duties and functions of Notary Public

3. Oath of office

4. Register of Notaries Public

5. Digital notarisation

6. Performance of electronic notarial acts

7. Documents to be notarised

8. Recognition of digitally notarised documents

9. Validity of digitally notarised documents

10. Fees

11. Notaries to the officers of the Supreme Court

12. Revocation of appointment of a Notary Public

13. Suspension of Notaries Public

14. Constitution of the panel of the Supreme Court

15. Existing Notarised Public to be entered in the register

16. Register to be revised

17. Where a Notary Public refuses to act

18. Refusal to act to be noted on document

19. Penalty for misfeasance

20. Offences

21. Notaries Public ex officio

22. Jurat to state where oath is taken

23. Notary Public not to act when interested.

24. Rules of construction

25. Power to make regulations

26. Repeal

27. Transitional provisions

28. Interpretation

29. Citation

Schedule

NOTARIES PUBLIC ACT, 2023

An Act to repeal the Notaries Public Act, Cap. N141, Laws of Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and enact the Notaries Public Act, 2023 to provide for the appointment and registration of Notaries Public, regulate the duty of the office of the Notary Public and to make provisions for the performance of digital and remote notarisations of documents by Notaries Public in Nigeria and the recognition of digitally notarised documents; and for related matters

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