7.7 Notary Public

The office: the notary as the licensed certifier (under the Notary Public Act 2063 framework) — the authentication's menu: documents certified as true copies; signatures attested; affidavits administered; translations certified; the notarial acts' formal requirements (the seal, the register, the fee). The notary's discipline: the no-false-certification rule (the notary's integrity as the document's trust — the international document's gateway function); the Council's code and machinery (Unit 2.5's full treatment). The lawyer's interface: many advocates hold the notary licence (the dual certification practice); the drafting-and-certification bundle (the transaction lawyer's one-stop service — LAW 502's cross-reading: the certified document's evidentiary weight). Exam Focus Long questions: (i) The PIL lawyering skills (the four distinguishing skills — the modern favourite); (ii) The legal aid framework (the constitutional + statutory + institutional trio); (iii) The law office management systems (the malpractice-prevention frame). Short questions: pro bono's mandatory-vs-voluntary debate; the paralegal's license line; the case comment's structure; the notary's certification menu. Trick areas: (i) LEGAL AID is the statutory/constitutional right-based service; PRO BONO the profession's donated service — the pair's distinction; (ii) The PARALEGAL cannot independently advise — the license line; (iii) The case comment ANALYSES (the note reports) — the genre distinction; (iv) The clients' money is kept SEPARATE from the office account (the trust discipline — the audit's first question).