The Notary Act Article 39
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.
Civil notaries who are temporarily unable to perform their duties due to an illness or any other incident, may request another civil notary or a candidate notary within the jurisdiction of the district court or branch to which they are registered to carry out their notarial duties as their agent.Civil notaries who, as prescribed above, commission another notary as an agent, shall report it to the district court or the branch to which they are registered. Likewise, when the commission ends, the formerly incapacitated notary shall report it to the court.In the event the commission period indicated in the first paragraph exceeds one month, the incapacitated notary must request approval from the district court or its branch.
中文原文 公證法第39條
民間之公證人因疾病或其他事故，暫時不能執行職務時，得委請所屬之地方法院或其分院管轄區域內之其他民間之公證人或候補公證人代理之。
民間之公證人依前項規定委請代理時，應即向所屬之地方法院或其分院陳報。
解除代理時，亦同。
依第一項規定委請代理之期間逾一個月者，應經所屬之地方法院或其分院許可。
民間之公證人依前項規定委請代理時，應即向所屬之地方法院或其分院陳報。
解除代理時，亦同。
依第一項規定委請代理之期間逾一個月者，應經所屬之地方法院或其分院許可。