Practice question
An applicant has been convicted in the first instance of a crime involving moral turpitude. She argues that the traditional notarial qualification is affected only by a final conviction and that the pending appeal necessarily makes the first-instance conviction irrelevant. What does Rule III, Section 1 state?
- Only imprisonment exceeding six years matters
- Only convictions entered after commissioning matter
- The applicant must not have been convicted in the first instance of a crime involving moral turpitude
- Every appeal automatically grants a commission
- A client can waive any conviction-related qualification
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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