N-3 - Notaries Act

Section 52 Disposition versions

2023-10-24

52. A notarial act en minute under the authority of which a notarial act is executed must be sufficiently described in the act by the nature and date of the notarial act en minute, the name of the notary who executed it, the minute number given to it and, where applicable, its registration number in the appropriate register for the publication of rights. No copy of a notarial act en minute is to be appended to the act.

Any other documents under the authority of which a notarial act is executed must be appended, by being attached directly or by reference, and be sufficiently identified, acknowledged as true and signed in the presence of the notary by the party or parties who produce them and countersigned by the notary.

All other documents that the parties wish to append to a notarial act may be so appended by complying with the formalities prescribed in the second paragraph.

Documents appended to a notarial act form an integral part of it. They must be in the same medium as the act.

2000, c. 44, s. 52; 2023, c. 23, s. 46.

2002-01-01

52. A notarial act shall specify the date of the act, the name, official quality and place of the professional domicile of the notary who executes the act, the name, quality and address of each party and a designation of the powers of attorney or mandates produced, the presence, name, quality and address of any witness required, the place where the act is executed, the number of the minute given to the act, the notarial records in which the act will be deposited or the fact that the act is executed en brevet, and the fact that the act has been read or, where applicable, the mention required by section 51.

2000, c. 44, s. 52.