Engaging in the practice as notary public without having been properly commissioned by the Court violates the rules on Notarial Practice. The practice of law is embued with public interest and that a lawyer owes substantial duties not only to his client, but also to his brethren in the profession, to the courts, and to the nation. The duties of notaries public are dictated by public policy and impressed with public interest. Notarization is not a routinary, meaningless act, for it converts private document to a public instrument, making the document admissible in evidence without the necessity of preliminary proof of its authenticity and due execution.
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