QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 162)
It provides that the Clerk of the Supreme Court and designated clerks of courts of first instance are ex officio notaries public and may perform notarial acts within specified areas.
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 No. 136, located outside the city of Manila.
They may perform notarial duties within the province or territory where the court they clerk is held.
The official seal of the clerk must be affixed by him to papers he signs as notary public, and this seal is sufficient without a special notary seal.
No. The official seal of the clerk is sufficient without a special seal as notary public.
It provides that the clerk’s official seal, when affixed to papers he signs as notary public, is sufficient for notarial purposes.
Section 4, referring to section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September 26, 1900.
On its passage.
It grants Manila clerks authority within the city of Manila (Sec. 1) and grants clerks outside Manila authority within the province or territory where their court is located (Sec. 2).
No specific notarial act is listed; it generally authorizes them to perform all duties appertaining to the office of notary public within the stated territorial limits.
It means that holding a specified court position (clerk or assistant clerk) automatically confers notary public authority without the need for separate appointment or commissioning under the Act.
The clerk of the Supreme Court, and the clerk and assistant clerk of the Court of First Instance in the city of Manila.
It formalizes that certain court clerks can notarize documents as part of their official functions, using their official seal to authenticate their notarial acts.
It identifies the specific legal framework by which certain Courts of First Instance were organized, limiting the scope of Section 2 to clerks of those courts.