Notaries Public (Amendment) Rules 1998

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No. S 435

Notaries Public Act

(Chapter 208)

Notaries Public (Amendment) Rules 1998

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Notaries Public Act, the Chief Justice, after consultation with the Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Notaries Public (Amendment) Rules 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1998.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. Part II of the First Schedule to the Notaries Public Rules (R 1) is deleted and the following Part substituted therefor:

“Part ii

fees payable to a notary public

1.—(1)

Notarial execution by one person to any document

$40

(2)

For a second party to the same document

$20

(3)

For each additional party to the document

$10

(4)

For each exhibit marked on or attached to the document

$10

2.—(1)

Certificate of declaration of due execution of any document including seal for one person

$75

(2)

For each additional party in the same certificate

$20

(3)

Where document is prepared in notary’s office

half the above fees

3.	Execution by company or corporation with declaration and exhibit

$150

4.	Certified true copies

(a)	Examining and certifying as to the correctness of the copy of any document per page (where seal is required to be affixed)

$10 for the first page and $2 for each subsequent page

(b)	Examining and certifying as to the correctness of the copy of any document per page (where seal is not required to be affixed)

$5 for the first page and $1 for each subsequent page

(c)	Where a Notarial Certificate and seal are required to be affixed

$75

(d)	Preparing and completing a special Notarial Certificate in addition to the foregoing charges

$75
(No additional charge to be made for each Certificate)

5.	Notarial Certificate and seal on certificate of origin or consular invoices

$40

6.—(1)

Statutory declaration for one party

$40

(2)

For a second party to the same statutory declaration

$20

(3)

For each additional party to the statutory declaration

$10

(4)

For each exhibit marked on or attached to the statutory declaration

$10

7.	Bill of Exchange

(a)	Noting — including registering facsimile copy

$50

(b)	Protesting

$100

(c)	Noting and Protesting at same time plus time and travelling expenses up to one hour

$150

(d)	Each hour thereafter

$50

8.	Ships Protest

(a)	Noting Protest prepared by Notary

$150

(b)	Certified copy of Note of Protest with seal

$50

(c)	Extending Protest including drafting and engrossing per page

$75

(d)	Registering Protest per page

$20

(e)	Notarial seal on Protest

$40

(f)	Notarially certified copy per page (without seal)

$20

9.	All other notarial acts not specifically mentioned in this Schedule, a notary public may charge such fee as may be considered reasonable in the circumstances.

”.

[G.N. No. S 472/96]

Made this 14th day of August 1998.

YONG PUNG HOW

Chief Justice,
Supreme Court,
Singapore.

[AD/GA-18(N); AG/LEG/SL/208/98/1 Vol. 1]