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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54
EVIDENCE OF APPOINTMENT.
- A certificate under the hand of the Administrator shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that any person is or is not a Notary, or of an entry in the said roll or of the absence of an entry therein, as the case may require.
MISCONDUCT.
- On the application of the Attorney-General the High Court may direct that the name of a Notary be struck off the Roll of Notaries for misconduct as a Notary or in any other professional capacity, or for fraud in his application, or for other good cause shown, and every person so struck off shall thenceforth for ever be wholly disabled from practising as a Notary or performing or certifying any notarial act.
OFFENCE.
- Any person who in his own name or in the name of any other person makes, does, acts, exercises, or executes or performs any act, matter, or thing, of or in any wise appertaining or belonging to the office, function, or practice of a Notary Public for or in expectation of any gain, fee, or reward without being able to prove, if required, that he is duly authorized to do so is liable to a fine of £50.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
GEORGE THE FIFTH by the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India :
To
, Greeting !
WE, having taken into Our Royal consideration your integrity and ability, are pleased to appoint and do hereby appoint you, the said
, to be a Notary Public of the Territory of Western Samoa to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said office, together with all the rights, profits, privileges, and advantages thereunto belonging or appertaining as Notaries Public are by custom, law, and usage wont to do in New Zealand.
In testimony whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Seal of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed, this day of
, in the year of Our Lord One thousand nine hundred and
, and in the
year of Our reign.
Witness
, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.
, Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command.
, Minister of External Affairs.
The above-named
has this day taken before me his oath of office (or, made before me his affirmation in lieu of oath of office), and his name is entered on the Roll of Notaries accordingly.
, Administrator of Western Samoa.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
I, A.B., do swear that I will faithfully exercise the office of a Public Notary ; I will faithfully make contracts or instruments for or between any party or parties requiring the same, and I will not add or diminish anything without the knowledge and 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 Public Notary, according to the best of my skill and ability. So help me God.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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Samoa Notaries Order, 1931
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Notaries Public, Samoa, Appointment, Regulations
- F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council