Act No. 162

: The main purpose is to provide that the clerk of the Supreme Court and all clerks of Courts of First Instance shall be ex officio notaries public.
: The clerk of the Supreme Court, and the clerk and assistant clerk of the Court of First Instance in the city of Manila.
: Within the city of Manila.
: Each clerk of a Court of First Instance organized under Act Numbered 136, outside the city of Manila.
: They are authorized to perform notarial duties within the province or territory in which the court of which they are clerk is held.
: The official seal of the clerk of the court.
: No, the official seal of the clerk of the court is sufficient for all papers signed in their capacity as notary public.
: The Act took effect upon its passage on July 9, 1901.
: By authority of the President of the United States, enacted by the United States Philippine Commission.
: Section two of 'An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,' passed September 26, 1900.