N-3 - Notaries Act

Section 50 Disposition versions

2023-10-24

50. A notarial act is declared to be executed at the place where it is closed. If that place is situated in Québec, it is sufficiently described by specifying the name of the municipality. In any other case, the name of the State must also be specified in the act.

2000, c. 44, s. 50; 2008, c. 11, s. 203, s. 212; 2023, c. 23, s. 46.

2008-10-15

50. A notarial act shall be closed by the signatures affixed in the presence of the officiating notary by the parties and the witnesses required in the matter, and by the signature of the officiating notary, which must be affixed on the day and at the place of signing by the last of the parties to do so.

Any party to a notarial act may sign it in the presence of a notary other than the officiating notary, provided that the last signature is affixed before the officiating notary. A signature may also be affixed before a notary designated by the board of directors and authorized to practise in a State which has a professional order belonging to the Union internationale du notariat latin, provided that the signature is affixed within the territorial boundaries of that State. In such cases, after the party signs, the notary must enter and sign an attestation, immediately below the party’s signature, that the signature was affixed before him or her, indicating the date on which it was affixed.

Within the limits and subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors, an act executed in a medium other than paper may be signed by the parties and the witnesses in the notary’s absence and the notary, in such a case, is not required to sign the act at the place of signing by the last party to do so.

2000, c. 44, s. 50; 2008, c. 11, s. 203, s. 212.

2002-01-01

50. A notarial act shall be closed by the signatures affixed in the presence of the officiating notary by the parties and the witnesses required in the matter, and by the signature of the officiating notary, which must be affixed on the day and at the place of signing by the last of the parties to do so.

Any party to a notarial act may sign it in the presence of a notary other than the officiating notary, provided that the last signature is affixed before the officiating notary. A signature may also be affixed before a notary designated by a resolution of the Bureau and authorized to practise in a State which has a professional order belonging to the Union internationale du notariat latin, provided that the signature is affixed within the territorial boundaries of that State. In such cases, after the party signs, the notary must enter and sign an attestation, immediately below the party’s signature, that the signature was affixed before him or her, indicating the date on which it was affixed.

Within the limits and subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the Bureau, an act executed in a medium other than paper may be signed by the parties and the witnesses in the notary’s absence and the notary, in such a case, is not required to sign the act at the place of signing by the last party to do so.

2000, c. 44, s. 50.