Cap. 159AF 《公證人(拒絕發出執業證書的理由)規則》Notaries Public (Grounds for Refusal to Issue Practising Certificate) Rules
生效中Notaries Public (Grounds for Refusal to Issue Practising Certificate) Rules
(Enacting provision omitted—E.R. 2 of 2018)
[30 June 2005] L.N. 60 of 2005
(Format changes—E.R. 2 of 2018)
1. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2018)
2. Grounds for refusal to issue practising certificate
The grounds on which the Society of Notaries may refuse to issue a practising certificate to an applicant are the following—
that the application does not comply with section 2 of the Notaries Public (Practising Certificate) Rules (Cap. 159, sub. leg. AG);
that in the opinion of the Society, the applicant—
has conducted himself in a manner that is unbecoming of a notary public; or
is unfit to practise as a notary public.
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1)(b), an applicant may be regarded as having conducted himself in a manner that is unbecoming of a notary public or as being unfit to practise as a notary public if—
the applicant has been suspended from practising either as a notary public or as a solicitor;
the applicant is entitled to practise the law of a foreign jurisdiction, but he has been suspended from so practising;
the applicant has been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of an offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude;
the applicant has knowingly provided to the Society of Notaries false or misleading information in relation to the application; or
the applicant suffers or appears to suffer from a mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136).