Justice Minister Adel Nassar during a press conference. (Credit: National News Agency)
Six lawyers and 16 notaries public filed, last week, an appeal before the State Shura Council to invalidate Circulars 1,355 and 1,438 (which clarifies the first), dated Oct. 3, by Justice Minister Adel Nassar.These circulars, addressed to notaries public, impose stricter checks to better identify the parties involved in notarial legal documents, their economic beneficiaries and the source of the funds used, while ensuring that their clients are not subject to national or international sanctions. When it comes to cash payments, the circulars require specifying the origin of the cash.Once published, the circulars sparked a heated controversy among notaries public and in the media, with many critics arguing that “they turn notaries public into intelligence agents tasked with gathering information about their clients, while they do not have...
Six lawyers and 16 notaries public filed, last week, an appeal before the State Shura Council to invalidate Circulars 1,355 and 1,438 (which clarifies the first), dated Oct. 3, by Justice Minister Adel Nassar.These circulars, addressed to notaries public, impose stricter checks to better identify the parties involved in notarial legal documents, their economic beneficiaries and the source of the funds used, while ensuring that their clients are not subject to national or international sanctions. When it comes to cash payments, the circulars require specifying the origin of the cash.Once published, the circulars sparked a heated controversy among notaries public and in the media, with many critics arguing that “they turn notaries public into intelligence agents tasked with gathering information about their clients, while they do not...
