43. A notary shall, by all reasonable means, verify the identity, quality and capacity of each party to a notarial act to be signed before the notary.
Where one of the parties signs before a notary other than the officiating notary pursuant to the seventh paragraph of section 46, it is incumbent upon that other notary to verify the identity, quality and capacity of the party concerned.
2000, c. 44, s. 43; 2023, c. 232023, c. 23, s. 451.