Notary (Occupation Code : 261905)
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Description
Notarises legal documents and administers and take oaths and affirmations.Tasks
Administering oaths and affirmations.Taking affidavits and statutory declarations.
Witnessing and authenticating the execution of certain classes of documents.
Taking acknowledgments of deeds and other conveyances, protest notes and bills of exchange.
Providing notice of foreign drafts.
Preparing marine or ship's protests in cases of damage to ships or their cargo.
Providing exemplifications and notarial copies.
Learning Pathways
Degree 1
Step 1 : Admission requirements
- NSC Bachelor Admission
Admission into a Degree requires the achievement of a National Senior Certificate (NSC) with the minimum requirements for admission into a degree or a National Certificate (Vocational) NC(V). In addition, each education institution has its own unique entry requirements for each of its programmes. It is important to check the entry requirements for this programme with the institution of your choice before you apply.
Step 2 : General Qualification
Step 3 : General Qualification
Step 4 : Learnerships
- Candidate Attorney Learnership Level 7
This learnership is the practical qualification needed to be admitted as an attorney in South Africa. This programme requires that you have an employer. The learnership can be done either under a contract of articles (service at a private law firm or state attorney) or as a service contract (community service at a legal aid institution or law clinic). The duration of the learnership varies based on your prior qualifications.
Step 5 : Learnerships
- National Certificate: Attorneys Practice Level 7
The practice-oriented Attorneys Admission Examination, also known as the Board Exam, is registered as a Learnership. This means that you need be employed. Passing this exam allows you to apply to the Court to be admitted as an Attorney. Your earliest opportunity to write this exam is six months after starting your Learnership under either an Articles of Clerkship or Service Contract, and your last opportunity is three years after completion.
Step 6 : Final assessment
- Practice Management Training
Practice management training is compulsory training offered through the Law Society (LSSA). Issuing of your first Fidelity Fund Certificate - which is necessary to practice as an Attorney - will only be done once you have successfully completed your practice management training.
Step 7 : Designation
- Designation: Attorney
This designation is awarded by the High Court of South Africa when a Candidate Attorney succeeds with an application for admission to the profession. This application must be supported by one of the four statutory law societies that regulate the profession. Upon admission, a High Court official enters the applicant’s details in the Roll of Attorneys. A designation is a title that professional persons may use (write behind their name) to indicate that they are fully qualified in a certain professional field and are registered with a professional body to practice in that field. It also indicates that the person subscribes to the code of conduct of that professional body.
Step 8 : Final assessment
- Course in Notarial Practice
The official course in Notarial Practice is offered through the training division of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA).
Step 9 : Designation
- Designation: Notary
This designation is awarded to an Attorney by the High Court of South Africa after achieving success in the Notarial Examinations of the Law Society of South Africa. The application to enter the Roll of Notaries must be supported by the statutory law society where the Attorney is a current member. A designation is a title that professional persons may use (write before or behind their name) to indicate that they are fully qualified in a certain professional field and are registered with a professional body to practice in that field. It also indicates that the person subscribes to the code of conduct of a recognised professional body.