Ex Officio Notaries for Court Clerks

Section 1 makes the clerk of the Supreme Court and the clerk and assistant clerk of the Court of First Instance in the city of Manila ex officio notaries public.
Section 1 authorizes those Manila officials to perform within the city of Manila all duties appertaining to the office of notary public.
Section 2 makes each clerk of a Court of First Instance organized under Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six outside the city of Manila ex officio a notary public.
Section 2 authorizes those clerks to perform notarial duties within the province or territory where the court of which they are clerk is held.

Section 1 limits the authorized notarial performance of the Manila clerks to within the city of Manila.
Section 2 limits the authorized notarial performance of non-Manila clerks to the province or territory where their Court of First Instance is held.

Section 3 requires the official seal of the clerk of the court to be affixed by him to papers officially signed by him as a notary public.
Section 3 provides that the clerk’s official seal is sufficient.
Section 3 eliminates the need for a special seal as notary public.

Section 4 declares that the public good requiring the speedy enactment of the act justifies expedited enactment.
Section 4 mandates that passage is expedited in accordance with Section 2 of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September 26, 1900.