Practice question
A client offers the prescribed notarial fee, but the notary knows the proposed transaction is unlawful. What must the notary do under Rule IV, Section 4?
- Proceed because the fee has been tendered
- Proceed if the client assumes all risk
- Notarize and leave the certificate blank
- Ask a clerk to notarize using the notary’s seal
- Refuse to perform the notarial act
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf — 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice, Rule IV, Sections 1–6, printed pages 1710–1712.
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