新加坡法律，公證，認證。
A) 誰是公證人？
1. 當你必須提交一份文件、合同或申請時，審批機構通常要求證明你的文件或簽名是真實的。一種國際公認的方法是讓你的文件得到認證。
2. 你能讓你的朋友做證人，把過程錄下來，然後把錄像發給海外機構嗎？你可能堅持你的寵物是你最好的朋友，因爲它不會說謊。如果當局仍然相信你沒瘋這才奇怪。
3. 公證人（Notary Public簡稱NP）及宣誓官（Commissionerfor Oaths 簡稱CO）是指經政府執行機構認可並授權，而執行確認、宣誓或保證、見證簽名、或核准文件等特定職能的公職人員。當局接受你提交的文件前提是公證認證。
3.1. 如果你向目前所在當地政府提交文件，通常認證需要的是CO。
3.2. 如果你在海外提交文件，海外機構將接受你當地的NP作爲你的見證人。就像國際比賽是由官方認可的裁判主持的。
4. 在新加坡，NPs和COs的注冊機關是新加坡法律學會（Singapore Academy ofLaw 簡稱SAL）。大多數NP和COs都是執業律師。但是不是每個律師就是公證員或宣誓官：
4.1. 新加坡執業律師必須具有不少于10年的法律執業經驗，並且至少35歲才有資格申請任命爲CO。
4.2. 新加坡執業律師必須具有不少于15年的法律執業經驗，並且至少40歲才有資格申請任命爲NP。
B) 什麽是公證？
5. 過去，公證就只需要在NP的辦公室簽署文件。隨著印刷和設計技術的普遍化，僞造NP印章或簽名的情況與日俱增。因此大多政府都要求文件被當地大使館和外交部（簡稱MFA）認證。
6. 在新加坡公證的文件，SAL也法律強制要求經過NP網上認證。所以目前的公證程序如下：
6.1. 向NP出示你的原始文件和身份證明文件；
6.2. NP見證簽署文件；
6.3. NP簽署並在文件上蓋上NP印章；
6.4. NP通過SAL官方網站認證你的文件，並網上支付SAL認證費（目前爲85. 60新元）。付款後，SAL會簽發帶有二維碼的公證書（簡稱NC），由你的NP打印、簽名、蓋章並將文件與公證書裝訂在一起，貼上NP貼紙印章。
6.5. 向SAL申請預約認證；
6.6. 在指定的預約日期時間提交NC原件給SAL。SAL認證後會在你的NC貼上認證紙印章；
6.7. 向MFA申請預約，以提交NC原件（經SAL認證）進行MFA認證；
6.8. 在指定的預約日期時間向MFA提交由SAL認證的原件。支付MFA認證費（目前爲10. 00新元）後，MFA官員將在你的NC上簽字蓋章；
6.9. 向使用國駐新加坡大使館提交你的NC 。不同的國家有不同的流程和要求。
6.9.1. 提交申請時，需支付大使館指定費用。大使館可能會按照你的公民身份以及申請事由（民事或商業事項），收取不同費用；
6.9.2. 大使館審查你的文件，審批成功，大使館將在你的NC上貼上貼紙印章。從大使館收取你的NC時，必須支付大使館的費用。
7. 公證是境外機構要求的證明。因此無論你的文件在海外是否合法或有效，當地法律不會爲你提供任何答案。即使你的文件在當地法律下是有效的，它並不就此符合海外當局的要求。相反，即使該文件可能不符合當地法律，它仍可能被海外當局接受。因此，即使是律師，CO或NP也都不提供任何法律建議。請注意：
7.1. 一些海外機構可能不要求外交部或大使館認證。
7.2. 一些海外機構可能會接受由CO認證的文件。請務必與海外機構、代理人或律師核實你是否必須進行公證，CO或NP，MFA 或大使館認證。
C) 什麽文件需要公證？
8. 一些涉及公證的常見證明示例如下：
8.1. 同一人聲明等；
8.2. 單身聲明、未婚、家屬或無子女聲明等；
8.3. 委托代理人代爲辦理境外事務的委托書，如出售境外財産、境外訴訟等；
8.4. 放棄繼承聲明；
8.5. 文件副本認證，例如學位、文憑、身份證明文件、護照、業務概況、公司決議的經核證的真實副本；
8.6. 合同公證，例如在海外出售或購買房産；
8.7. 支持申請或法院程序的法定聲明或宣誓書；
8.8. 爲你的海外財産簽署遺囑，信托。
D) 費用是多少？
9. 公證費由新加坡法律規定。不包含當局收取的任何費用：
9.1. 經核證無誤的副本，第一頁公證費爲10新元，之後每一頁爲2新元；
9.2. 對于個人，簽署文件的公證費爲40新元，每份文件的附件爲10新元；
9.3. 對于公司代表，簽署文件的公證費爲150新元，每份文件的附件爲10新元。
10. 宣誓官（CO）費用由新加坡法律規定。不包含當局收取的任何費用：
10. 1. 簽署文件的費用爲25新元，每個文件附件爲5新元。
11. 此類費用不包括其他服務，例如翻譯、起草、郵資、出勤（當事人無法前往NP辦公室簽署的情況，例如簽署人是老年病患者、殘疾人或住院患者）。
12. 目前，新加坡法律不允許通過視頻會議進行公證。
E) 其他服務
13. NP通常也提供其他服務。NP享有多年的當地從業經驗。因此，即使你可自行辦理認證程序，但是NPOffice可以第一時間掌握各認證機構的最新動態，找個精通雙語的NP可靠保險，你只需坐在家中等待認證完成。
14. 其他可以辦理的事項：
14.1. 警方出具的無犯罪證明。即使你正在北極度假，NP辦公室可以代辦；
14.2. 爲海外財産起草一份簡單的遺囑；
14.3. 海外財産相關手續；
14.4. 設立公司，分支，或子公司；
14.5. 移民事宜。
15. 最後，是你考慮融入本地社會的時候了。也許有時你的朋友圈和WhatsApp群會幫你答疑解惑。但專業事宜就請NP爲你代辦吧!
16. 由于2019新冠病毒疫情仍在演變，各部門預約可能需要時間。盡早啓動流程，可以把認證文件盡早提交國外機構。
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Singapore Law, Notarization
Commissioner for Oaths
A. Who Is A Notary Public?
1. When you have to submit a document, contract or application, the authority or party receiving your application usually requires proof that your document or signature is authentic. An internationally recognized method is for your document to be certified or signing to be witnessed.
2. Could you get your friend to be the witness, video it and send the video to the overseas party or authority? You could insist your pet is your best friend and it does not lie. But it is unlikely that the authority will still believe you are not crazy.
3. A Notary Public (NP) or Commissioner For Oaths (CO) is an official witness. The authority would usually accept your document if it is witnessed or certified by an NP or CO.
3.1. For local authorities, you would usually need a CO.
3.2. If you are submitting a document overseas, the overseas authority would accept your local NP as your witness. It is like international games are presided by officially recognized referees.
4. In Singapore, the authority which appoints NPs and COs is the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL). Most NPs and COs are lawyers in practice. But not all lawyers are NP or CO:
4.1. Singapore practising lawyers must have no fewer than 10 years’ experience in active legal practice and be at least 35 years old to be eligible to apply for appointment as a CO.
4.2. A Singapore practising lawyer must have no fewer than 15 years’ experience in active legal practice and be at least 40 years old to be eligible to apply for appointment as an NP.
B. What Is Notarization?
5. In the past, signing your document in the NP’s office was all that it took to have your document notarized. With increased use and sophistication of printing and design technologies, there have been instances where an NP’s seal or signature was forged. To minimize such risk, authorities require the signature to be legalised by the local embassies and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
6. In Singapore, the Singapore Academy of Law requires all notarized documents to be authenticated by the NP. So today, the process is as follows:
6.1. Present yourself, your original documents and identification documents to the NP;
6.2. Sign your document in the presence of your NP;
6.3. Your NP signs and seal your document;
6.4. Your NP authenticates your document online with the SAL and pays the SAL authentication fee (currently S$85.60). Upon payment the SAL issues the Notarial Certificate with a QR Code. This is printed, signed and sealed by your NP. Your document is bound with the Notarial Certificate (NC);
6.5. Your NP applies to SAL for an appointment to submit the original NC for SAL authentication;
6.6. Your NC is submitted to the SAL at the allotted appointment date time. SAL will affix a stamp onto your NC;
6.7. Your NP applies to the MFA for an appointment to submit the original NC (authenticated by SAL) for legalisation;
6.8. Your NC is submitted to the MFA at the allotted appointment date time. MFA will stamp your NC upon payment of the MFA legalisation fee (currently S$10.00);
6.9. Your NC is submitted to the Embassy. Different countries have different process and requirements.
6.9.1. An admin fee may be payable to the Embassy at the submission. Different fees may apply depending on your Citizenship and whether the application is a civil or commercial matter;
6.9.2. The Embassy will review your documents and if it is approved, the Embassy will affix a stamp onto your NC. Your NC will have to be collected from the Embassy and the applicable legalisation fee paid.
7. Notarization is a certification required by overseas authorities. Accordingly, local laws will not provide you any answer whether your document is lawful or valid overseas. Even if it is valid under local laws, it may not meet the requirements of your overseas authorities. Conversely, even if the document may not conform with local laws, the document may still be good for the overseas authorities. Accordingly, the CO or NP cannot advise you even if they are lawyers. Please note:
7.1. Some overseas authorities may not require legalisation by MFA or even the Embassy.
7.2. Some overseas authorities may accept documents certified by a CO. It is best that you check with your overseas authorities, agents or lawyers whether you must have notarization, if not, whether a CO is acceptable.
C. What Needs To Be Notarized?
8. Some common examples of certifications involving notarization are as follows:
8.1. Declaration of same identities for foreigners who acquired local citizenship;
8.2. Declaration of single status, not married, family relations and/or no children;
8.3. Power of Attorney to appoint a representative to transact matters on your behalf overseas, for example, sale or purchase of your overseas property, overseas litigation;
8.4. Renunciation of inheritance or succession in overseas estates or properties;
8.5. Certification of copies of documents, for example certified true copy of Degrees, Diplomas, Identification Documents, Passports, busines profiles, company resolutions;
8.6. Notarization of contracts, for example sale or purchase of properties overseas;
8.7. Statutory Declarations or affidavits to support applications or court processes;
8.8. Signing your Will for your overseas properties or setting up trusts.
D. What Are The Charges?
9. Notarization fees are fixed by Singapore law. In addition to any fees charged by the authorities:
9.1. For a Certified True Copy, the notarization fee is S$10 for the first page and S$2 each subsequent page;
9.2. For an individual, the notarization fee is S$40 for signing a document and S$10 per annexure to the document;
9.3. For a corporate representative, the notarization fee is S$150 for signing a document and S$10 per annexure to the document.
10. Commissioner for Oaths (CO) fees are fixed by Singapore law. In addition to any fees charged by the authorities:
10.1. For signing, the CO fee is S$25 for signing a document and S$5 per annexure to the document.
11. Such fees do not include other services, for example, translation, drafting, postage, attendance, out of office attendance where the signing cannot be done in the NP Office, for example where the person signing is old sick disabled or hospitalised.
12. Currently, Singapore law does not allow notarization to be conducted by video conferencing.
E. Other Services
13. The NP usually provides other services as the NP would have many years of experience in the local scene. The NP would also be up to date with the latest requirements. So it is best that you approach an NP even though it is possible for you to undertake various parts of the process. The NP however probably does not provide pet grooming.
14. Some other matters which could be handled:
14.1. Certificate of Clearance by the Police to prove that you had no criminal record. This can be done by the NP Office even though you are having a vacation in North Pole;
14.2. Drafting a simple Will for your overseas properties;
14.3. Transferring your properties overseas;
14.4. Incorporating your business companies branches or subsidiaries overseas;
14.5. Immigration matters.
15. At the end of the process, it is also time for you to think about integrating into the local society. Sometimes the best advice is through your Wechat friends and WhatsApp groups. What better way then to get to know your NP first!
16. Because of CoVid-19, the process can take a while. Get in touch with us early and start the process early so that your notarized documents can be submitted early.
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