Public Notaries (Ireland) Act 1821
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1821 c. 36 |
| Year | 1821 |
(1 & 2 Geo. 4) C A P. XXXVI.
[28th May 1821]
'WHEREAS it is expedient to prevent illiterate and inexperienced Persons being admitted or acting as Public Notaries inIreland:' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the FirstDay ofJuly One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, no Person in Ireland shall act as a Public Notary, or use and exercise the Office of a Notary, or do any Notarial Act, unless such Person shall have been duly sworn, admitted and enrolled, in manner hereinafter directed, in the Court wherein Notaries have been accustomarily sworn, admitted and enrolled.
II No Person admitted unless he shall have served as an Apprentice for Seven Years; and if bound after July 1, unless Affidavit of certain Particulars be made, which shall be filed in the proper Court.
II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said First Day ofJuly , no Person shall be sworn, admitted and enrolled as a Public Notary, unless such Person shall have been bound by Contract in Writing, or by Indenture of Apprenticeship, to serve as a Clerk or Apprentice for and during the Space of not less than Seven Years to a Public Notary duly sworn, admitted and enrolled, and for and during the said Term of Seven Years shall have continued in such Service; and also unless every such Person, who shall from and after the said First Day of July be bound by Contract in Writing, or Indenture of Apprenticeship, to serve as a Clerk or Apprentice to any Public Notary, shall within Three Months next after the Date of every such Contract or Indenture of Apprenticeship, cause an Affidavit to be made and duly sworn by One of the subscribing Witnesses, of the actual Execution of every such Contract or Indenture of Apprenticeship by such Public Notary, and by the Person so to be bound to serve as a Clerk or Apprentice as aforesaid; and in every such Affidavit shall be specified the Names of such Public Notary, and of such Person so bound, and their Places of Abode respectively, together with the Day of the Date of such Contract or Indenture of Apprenticeship; and every such Affidavit shall be sworn and filed within the time aforesaid, in the Court where the Public Notary to whom every such Person respectively shall be bound as aforesaid, shall have been enrolled as a Notary, with the proper Officer or Officers, or his or their respective Deputy or Deputies, who shall make or sign a Memorandum of the Day of filing every such Affidavit on the Back or at the Bottom of such Contract or Indenture.
III Such Affidavit openly read in Court.
III. And be it further enacted, That no Person who shall after the said First Day ofJuly become bound as aforesaid, shall be admitted or enrolled a Public Notary in the Court of Faculties for admitting and enrolling Public Notaries, before such Affidavit shall be produced and openly read in such Court, at the time of such Person's Admission and Enrolment.
IV If Party bound before July 1, for a less Term than Seven Years, another Contract may be entered into for enlarging the Time to Seven Years.
IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if any Person shall have been before the said First Day ofJuly bound by Contract in Writing, or Indenture of Apprenticeship, to serve as a Clerk or Apprentice to a Public Notary, duly sworn, admitted and enrolled, for a Term less than Seven Years, it shall be lawful for the Parties to such Contract, by a further Contract in Writing duly executed by them, to enlarge the time of such Service, and extend the same to the full Term of Seven Years from the time of the original Contract; and such Person having actually served during the full Term of Seven Years shall be entitled to be admitted and enrolled a Public Notary, in the same Manner as he would have been entitled if the original Contract had been for the Term of Seven Years; the Facts of such Contracts, and of such Service for the full Term of Seven Years, being proved by Affidavit to the Satisfaction of the said Court of Faculties.
V Officers for taking and filing Affidavits.
V. And be it further enacted, That the following Persons shall be deemed and taken to be the proper Officers for taking and filing such Affidavits; (that is to say), the Lord Archbishop ofArmagh , his Commissary or Commissioners for the time being.
VI Officers filing Affidavits to enter the Substance in a Book.
VI. And be it further enacted, That the Officer filing such...
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