RA 296 Section 76

Miscellaneous powers of justice of the peace.

Section 76

SEC. 76. Miscellaneous powers of justice of the peace.—A justice of the peace shall have power anywhere within his territorial jurisdiction to solemnize marriages, authenticate merchants books, administer oaths and take depositions and acknowledgment, and, in his capacity as ex-officio notary public, may perform any act within the competency of a notary public.

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