NOTARIES PUBLIC ACT

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NOTARIES PUBLIC ACT

CHAPTER N141 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, L.F.N. 2004

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This law has been repealed by the Notaries Public Act 2023]

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 

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NOTARIES PUBLIC ACT

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

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[Commencement.] [1st October, 1936]

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