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Notaries Public Amendment Act 1992-93

COOK ISLANDS

NOTARIES PUBLIC AMENDMENT ACT 1992-93

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Notaries Public to be sworn and enrolled
3. Power to make rules
4. Fees
5. Schedule
6. Second Schedule

1992-93, No. 22

An Act to amend the Notaries Public Act 1992

(8 July 1993

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Notaries Public Amendment Act 1992-93, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Notaries Public Act 1992 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act").

2. Notaries Public to be sworn and enrolled

Section 4 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the words "under Seal" and before the words "and save as provided in Section 7", the words "of the High Court in the form specified in the Second Schedule here to".

3. Power to make rules

Section 12 of the principal Act is repealed.

4. Fees

The principal Act is amended by repealing section 13, and substituting the following section -

"13. Fees
(1) The fees which may be charged by a Notary Public in respect of notarial acts shall be those specified in the First Schedule.
(2) The fees set out in the First Schedule may from time to time be amended by Order in Executive Council.

5. Schedule

The Schedule of the principal Act is amended by inserting the word "FIRST" before the word "SCHEDULE".

6. Second Schedule

The principal Act is amended by adding a new Second Schedule as set out in the schedule to this Act.

This Act is administered by the Justice Department.

RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS - Printed by the Cook Islands Government - 1993.

SCHEDULE

SECOND SCHEDULE

(Section 4)

Certificate of Enrolment as Notary Public

I hereby certify that (full name) of ......................................., barrister and solicitor was on the ................... day of ................. (year) duly appointed a notary public pursuant to the Notaries Public Act 1992, and has been duly enrolled accordingly.