2.5 Code of Conduct of Notary Public

The notary's world: the Notary Public Act 2063 B.S. framework — the notary as licensed certifier (documents authenticated, translations certified, affidavits and true-copy and signature certifications). The notary's code: honesty, competence, no false certification (the notary's integrity is the document's trust — the certification's whole value); the fee discipline; the records kept. The complaint and investigation: the Notary Council's own machinery (complaint received, inquiry held, punishment up to licence cancellation). The comparative (the exam's table): the advocate and the notary — two licences, two codes, two councils (the Bar Council and the Notary Council), two disciplinary tracks; the same public-trust logic in both. Exam Focus Long questions: (i) The code's duties' catalogue (the client-court-public directions — the banker); (ii) The complaints-investigation-punishment sequence (the machinery's full journey — the procedural favourite); (iii) The restrictions on practice and their rationale. Short questions: the wakalatnama's nature and limits; the punishment ladder; the notary's certification menu. Trick areas: (i) The Code of Conduct (2053 B.S.) is made under the NBC ACT 2050 — the two instruments' relationship; (ii) Discipline protects the PUBLIC (not the complainant's private revenge) — the purpose question; (iii) The disciplinary track and the civil track are PARALLEL (the client may pursue both) — the "either-or" error; (iv) The notary is licensed under the NOTARY Public Act 2063 and disciplined by…