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Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

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57Admission and enrolment of solicitors as notaries public

(1)No person shall be admitted as a notary public unless he has been admitted and enrolled as a solicitor.

(2)Any solicitor may apply to the Court to be admitted as a notary public ; and on any such application the Court may so admit the applicant and may grant warrant to the keeper of the register of notaries public to register him in that register.

(3)It shall not be necessary for any person to find caution on his admission as a notary public.

(4)The procedure to be followed and the fees to be paid on any application by a solicitor to be admitted a notary public may be prescribed by rules of court.

(5)There shall be paid to the clerk to the admission of notaries public in respect of the admission of any person as a notary public such fees as may be prescribed by rules of court.

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