# Public Notaries Act 1843, Section 7: Oath on Admission of Notary.


Every person to be admitted and enrolled a public notary shall, before a faculty is granted to him authorizing him to practice as such, . . . make oath before the said master of the faculties, his surrogate or other proper officer, in substance and to the effect following:
“I A.B. do swear, that I will faithfully exerice the office of a public notary; I will faithfully make contracts or instruments for or between any party or parties requiring the same, and I will not add or diminish any thing without the knowledge and consent of such party or parties that may alter the substance of the fact; I will not make or attest any act, contract, or instrument in which I shall know there is violence or fraud; and in all things I will act uprightly and justly in the business of a public notary, according to the best of my skill and ability.” . . .

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/6-7/90/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-notaries-act-1843/section-7
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.