NOTARIES PUBLIC (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES
- CHAPTER 159AG

NOTARIES PUBLIC (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/2005



(Cap 159, section 73D)

[30 June 2005]  L.N. 60 of 2005

(L.N. 32 of 2005)



NOTARIES PUBLIC (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES - SECT 1
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(Omitted as spent)



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These Rules come into operation on the day appointed for the commencement 
of the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Ordinance 1998 (27 of 1998) (except 
sections 1 and 7 of that Ordinance).



NOTARIES PUBLIC (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES - SECT 2
Application for practising certificates VerDate:30/06/2005




(1)	An application for a practising certificate under section 40E 
of the Ordinance must be accompanied by—

        (a)	a statutory declaration made by the applicant that complies 
with subsection (2); and

        (b)	proof to the satisfaction of the Society of Notaries that the 
applicant has complied with any indemnity rules made under section 73E of 
the Ordinance or is exempt from them; and

        (c)	a certified true copy of the applicant's current practising 
certificate as a solicitor issued by The Law Society of Hong Kong, if 
applicable; and

        (d)	the application fee prescribed in Schedule 1.

(2)	A statutory declaration made under this section—

        (a)	must be to the effect that, at the date of the declaration—

        (i)	the applicant's name is on the register of notaries public; and

        (ii)	the applicant's name is on the roll of solicitors; and

        (iii)	the applicant is not suspended from practising either as a 
notary public or as a solicitor; and

        (iv)	if the applicant is entitled to practise the law of a foreign 
jurisdiction, he is not suspended from so practising; and

        (b)	must state (where applicable)—

        (i)	any period during which the applicant has been suspended from 
practising either as a notary public or as a solicitor; and

        (ii)	if the applicant is entitled to practise the law of a foreign 
jurisdiction, any period during which the applicant has been suspended 
from so practising; and

        (iii)	any pending inquiry against the applicant under section 10(1) 
or 40J(1) of the Ordinance; and

        (iv)	if the applicant is entitled to practise the law of a foreign 
jurisdiction, any pending inquiry against him in connection with such 
practice.

(3)	An applicant must, if so required by the Society of Notaries, 
provide the Society with such further information as the Society thinks 
necessary to establish any fact stated in a statutory declaration made 
under this section.



NOTARIES PUBLIC (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES - SECT 3
Form of practising certificate VerDate:30/06/2005



A practising certificate must be in the Form in Schedule 2.



NOTARIES PUBLIC (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES - SECT 4
Refusal to issue practising certificate VerDate:30/06/2005




(1)	The Society of Notaries must not refuse to issue a practising 
certificate unless the Society first—

        (a)	notifies the applicant in writing of its intention, stating in 
the notice the grounds on which it proposes to do so; and

        (b)	allows the applicant a period of not less than 14 days from the 
date of notification under paragraph (a), or such longer period as is 
specified in the notice, within which the applicant may make 
representations to the Society.

(2)	If the Society of Notaries decides to refuse to issue a 
practising certificate, it must as soon as practicable notify the 
applicant in writing of the refusal, stating in the notice the grounds on 
which the decision was made.



NOTARIES PUBLIC (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES - SCHEDULE 1
FEES VerDate:30/06/2005



[section 2]

Item	Description	Fee
		$
1.	Application for the first issue of a practising certificate	2000
2.	Application for the renewal of a practising certificate	2000




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[section 3]

PRACTISING CERTIFICATE AS A NOTARY PUBLIC

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ORDINANCE
(Chapter 159)

Hong Kong Society of Notaries hereby certifies, in accordance with section 
40E(1) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, that 
............................................................, a Notary 
Public in Hong Kong, has complied with the requirements of section 40E of 
that Ordinance. This certificate is valid for the period from 
........................................ to 
........................................ .

This certificate is issued subject to the following conditions:


Dated this ............... day of ..................... 20 ........ .


Secretary
Hong Kong Society of Notaries