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Before you call me please note the following:
1. Notarial and Legalisation Fees
Please call me on HP 96960096 for full details of my charges.
2. Notarial Responsibilities
Notarial acts require a high standard of care, as reliance on
such acts is made by clients, third parties, foreign governments
and their Courts. I have a responsibility to protect against
alterations, fraud, and forgery.
Notarial acts are not rubber stamping exercises and the requirements
of accuracy and validity cannot be overridden by urgency or
expense.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing Notarial responsibility is
limited to the Notarial formalities and does not extend to advice
on or drafting of documentation or on the matter under consideration.
3. Proof and Identification
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In order to meet the high
standard of Notarial acts, I am required to obtain proof (to my discretion
and satisfaction), of identity, any represented legal capacity and
authority, clients understanding of documentation, interpretation/or
translation into or from other languages, effectiveness of documentation,
validity, signature and witnessing, observance of required formalities
both in Singapore and abroad.
Identification of individuals will be required. Individuals should
produce NRIC Card or current passport or, in exceptional cases, other
proof of similar validity and reliability.
In the case of companies, details of the proof and information required,
depending on the circumstances and service required, should be discussed
in advance with me.
4. Documentation
Preparation of documentation for Notarial action is formal and prior
preparation of documents or draft documents may be required. Early
discussion of outline requirements with me is advised. Time, expense,
and error, may be saved if clients, or their advisors, provide, in
advance of any personal consultation, the originals or exact and complete
photocopies of:-
A. all documents to be
notarised
B. covering correspondence or
forms of instructions from the country to which the documentation
is to be provided that relate to that
act
C. identification evidence (as referred
to above)
D. Documents to be notarised should
not be bound, as the Notary may have to re-bind them with a
covering Notarial Certificate.
Translations may be required of documents before a Notarial act.
5. Consultation
An initial appointment and an appointment to finalise the Notarial
act may be required, particularly if documentation has to be prepared
in a certain unique style.
Attendance arrangements outside can be made. Attendance fee will be
charged in these cases. Travelling and travelling time will incur
additional expense to the client.
6. Instructions
You are asked to supply me with clear instructions, including all
relevant background information, at the outset and as the matter continues.
Company clients should nominate one individual who is authorised to
give instructions on the company's behalf in relation to each matter.
7. Payment
Fees are normally due for settlement on completion of work and prior
to release of completed documentation. In other words, “Cash
on Delivery” of service.
In the event of payment not being made as requested, I reserve the
right to decline to act any further on behalf of the client and/or
to exercise a lien on any papers or documents of the client which
are in my possession, until payment has been made.
8. Privacy
I attach great importance to dealing with clients' affairs in strict
confidence. However, some files may occasionally be made available
on a confidential basis to an external auditor. I can arrange to withhold
any particular file from random selection for such inspection, upon
written request. The Singapore Academy of Law and the Law Society
of Singapore also has rights of inspection of attestation register
and or documents to ensure good practice.
9. Foreign Law
I do not advise on foreign law but act in an evidential, authentication
capacity.
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