The Notary Act Article 10
This English translation was last updated on 2009-12-30, but the Chinese text was amended on 2019-04-03. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
Notaries that encounter any of the following situations may not perform their duties:1. When the notary is a related party to the applicant, or has a personal interest in the applied matter.2. When the notary’s spouse, former spouse, prospective spouse, relatives up to the fourth degree, cohabiting head of the notary’s household, or household members is an applicant, agents of an applicant, or is related to the applied matter. Whenever the familial relationship extinguishes, the restriction still applies.3. When the notary acts as the applicant’s or his/her agent’s legal representative.4. When the notary acted, for the matter applied, as an agent or an assistant.
中文原文 公證法第10條
公證人有下列各款情形之一者，不得執行其職務：
一、為請求人或就請求事項有利害關係者。
二、為請求人或其代理人或就請求事項有利害關係者之配偶、前配偶、未婚配偶、四親等內之親屬或同居之家長、家屬者。
其親屬或家長、家屬關係終止後，亦同。
三、為請求人或其代理人之法定代理人者。
四、就請求事項現為或曾為代理人或輔佐人者。
一、為請求人或就請求事項有利害關係者。
二、為請求人或其代理人或就請求事項有利害關係者之配偶、前配偶、未婚配偶、四親等內之親屬或同居之家長、家屬者。
其親屬或家長、家屬關係終止後，亦同。
三、為請求人或其代理人之法定代理人者。
四、就請求事項現為或曾為代理人或輔佐人者。