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NOTARY PUBLIC POWERS
A notary public shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, certify copies and take depositions, affidavits, and verifications, upon oath and affirmation and acknowledgments. (Section 16 of the NPL)
Any person who shall be convicted of having willfully and knowingly made or taken a false oath, affirmation, deposition, affidavit, certification or acknowledgment before any notary shall be guilty of perjury and subject to criminal penalties. (Section 16(b) of the NPL)