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(2) All copies given under this section shall be signed and sealed by the Special Notary
and shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the original documents. The
certified copy shall contain an endorsement stating the number of the will or other
instrument in the index.
314. Power of the State Special Notary and District Notary to superintend and control
Special Notaries.— (1) Every Special Notary shall perform the duties of his office under the
superintendence and control of the District Special Notary in whose District the office of
such Special Notary is situated.
(2) Every District Special Notary shall have authority to issue (whether on complaint or
otherwise) any order consistent with this Act, which he considers necessary in respect of
any act or omission of any Special Notary subordinate to him.
(3) The State Special Notary shall have authority to issue, whether on complaint or
otherwise, any order consistent with this Act which he considers necessary in respect of
any act or omission of any District Special Notary or any Special Notary subordinate to
him.
CHAPTER XIX
POWERS OF THE DISTRICT SPECIAL NOTARY AND SPECIAL NOTARY
315. Powers of the Special Notaries.— The Special Notaries shall have powers to draw
authentic documents such as (a) public wills, (b) record of printed open wills, (c)
instruments of consent to the will by the spouse of the testator testatrix, as the case may be,
(d) instruments of renunciation of inheritance, (e) record of approval of the closed wills, (f)
ante nuptial agreements, (g) deeds of declaration of heirship, (h) adoption deeds and (i)
such other acts which the Special Notary is authorized to perform by law.
316. Power to administer oath.— The Special Notary shall have powers also to
administer oath to a person, whenever necessary, in connection with acts performed by
him.
317. Incompetence to act.— The Special Notary shall not act in instruments and deeds
where he or his spouse is a party or attorney or representative of a party or person having
interest in the act or transaction; and also where any of the ascendant, descendant of the
Special Notary , or brother and relative in the same degree or of his spouse is a party,
interested party, attorney or representative of any party or person having an interest in the
instrument or transaction.
318. Duty of the Special Notary.— The Special Notary shall be bound to render services,
when requested, which are within his competence.