Editing Notary public (section)

====Nova Scotia====
In [[Nova Scotia]] a person may be a notary public, a commissioner of oaths, or both. A notary public and a commissioner of oaths are regulated by the provincial Notaries and Commissioners Act.<ref name="nslegislature.ca">{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/legc/statutes/notaries.htm|title=This page has moved|access-date=14 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045858/http://nslegislature.ca/legc/statutes/notaries.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Individuals hold a commission granted to them by the Minister of Justice.

Under the Act a notary public in has the "power of drawing, passing, keeping and issuing all deeds and contracts, charter-parties and other mercantile transactions in this Province, and also of attesting all commercial instruments brought before him for public protestation, and otherwise of acting as is usual in the office of notary, and may demand, receive and have all the rights, profits and emoluments rightfully appertaining and belonging to the said calling of notary during pleasure."<ref name="nslegislature.ca"/>

Under the Act a commissioner of oaths is "authorized to administer oaths and take and receive affidavits, declarations and affirmations within the Province in and concerning any cause, matter or thing, depending or to be had in the Supreme Court, or any other court in the Province."<ref name="nslegislature.ca"/>

Every barrister of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia is a commissioner of oaths but must receive an additional commission to act as a notary public.

"A Commissioner of Oaths is deemed to be an officer of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Commissioners take declarations concerning any matter to come before a court in the Province.".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/legal_services/commissioner_oaths.asp|title=Nova Scotia Commissioners of Oaths – novascotia.ca|access-date=14 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005163134/http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/legal_services/commissioner_oaths.asp|archive-date=5 October 2012}}</ref> Additionally, individuals with other specific qualifications, such as being a current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]], commissioned officer of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] or [[Canadian Forces]] may act as if explicitly being a commissioner of oaths.