Practice question
An Executive Judge learns from official records that a notary repeatedly fails to submit required entries. No private complainant has filed a case. What does Rule XI, Section 1(d) permit?
- Motu proprio initiation of administrative proceedings, subject to the prescribed procedure
- Immediate disbarment by the Executive Judge without any process
- No action until the notary voluntarily agrees
- Only a request to the seal manufacturer
- Automatic dismissal of every concern because no private complaint exists
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf — 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice, Rule XI, Sections 1–3 and Rule XII, Section 1, printed pages 1720–1722.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/aug2022/ac_13332_2022.html — Pajarillo v. Yanto, A.C. 13332, August 10, 2022, administrative responsibility for register failures.
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