The examiners expect candidates to be able to draft the various documents with reasonable competence, to satisfy themselves that the candidates have the necessary knowledge of the legal principles underlying the various documents and that they understand the underlying principles.
Candidates write a four hour paper.
The syllabus covers all aspects of the law with which notaries are required to deal in the course of their practice, particularly where notarial form is required for registration purposes and where work is reserved to notaries. The practice, functions, ethics, duties and obligations of notaries public and their admission, removal and suspension. The preparation and registration of all types of notarial deeds, including among others, deeds of servitude, both personal-and praedial, notarial bonds, antenuptial and postnuptial contracts, notarial deeds of cession of usufruct and mineral rights, notarial deeds of waiver of preference of usufruct, notarial leases, prospecting and other mineral contracts, trust deeds and deeds of donation. This is not an exhaustive list but is merely provided to serve as a guide to candidates. The law relating to bills of exchange with particular reference to dishonour, which encompasses the noting and presentation of bills of exchange, including the procedure required to note a bill and the subsequent preparation of the noting slip, deed of presentation and deed of protest.