Practice question
A lawyer is commissioned as a traditional notary during 2026. He claims the two-year term must run for a full twenty-four months from the precise commissioning date rather than from January 1, 2026. Which is correct under Rule III, Section 11?
- The term is reckoned from January 1 of the commissioning year
- The term always starts with the first notarized document
- The term always begins when the seal is delivered
- The term begins when the lawyer first joins the IBP
- The term has no fixed starting point
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf — 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice, Rule III, Sections 1–4 and 8–11, printed pages 1707–1710.
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