Practice question
Under amended Section 16, may an applicant privately choose any ordinary notary as the oath administrator merely for convenience?
- No; it provides oath before the Supreme Court or, with prior approval, a member thereof.
- Yes, any private choice necessarily satisfies the provision.
- Yes, an attendance clerk automatically becomes a Supreme Court member.
- Yes, no oath administrator is required.
- Yes, the applicant may administer it to himself.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 24-10-05-SC, August 12, 2025, amended Rule 138, effective November 3, 2025, Sections 2, 11-13 and 16-19 as identified: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_24-10-05-sc_2025.pdf
- In re Petition to Sign in the Roll of Attorneys, Michael A. Medado, B.M. No. 2540, September 24, 2013, EN BANC MAIN resolution, corporate legal practice and incomplete admission (not a universal current sanction tariff): https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/sep2013/bm_2540_2013.html
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