1(1)Every person enrolled as a solicitor of The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick is, from the time of such enrolment, a commissioner for taking affidavits to be read in The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, as long as he continues to be so enrolled; and his power as such commissioner is not confined to any one or more counties, but may be exercised generally throughout the Province, and every such person shall write or stamp below his signature on every affidavit, declaration, affirmation or certificate made before or given by him the words, “Commissioner for taking affidavits to be read in The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick being a solicitor”, or “Commissioner of Oaths being a solicitor”.

1(2)Where a person is a commissioner for taking affidavits by virtue of the office he holds under a Statute of the Province of New Brunswick, he shall write or stamp below his signature on every affidavit, declaration, affirmation or certificate made before or given by him the words, “Commissioner for taking affidavits to be read in The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick being a (here describe the nature of the office)”, or “Commissioner of Oaths being a (here describe the nature of the office)”.

3(1)Every appointment made under section 2 shall, unless sooner revoked, expire at the expiration of five years from the thirty-first day of December of the year in which the appointment is made.

3(2)An appointment made under section 2 may, on or before the date of its expiration, be renewed by the Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs for a period of five years, and a renewed appointment may, on or before the date of expiration of the period of renewal, be further renewed by the Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs for a period of five years and thereafter to be renewed every five years unless sooner revoked.

3(3)The provisions of subsection (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a renewed appointment.

3(4)Section 2.1 applies with the necessary modifications to the renewal of an appointment under subsection (2).

4(1)Application for appointment under section 2 or for renewal of appointment under section 3 shall be made to the Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs.

4(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may prescribe the fees payable for the appointment and for renewals thereof.

4(2.1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations

4(3)All fees payable shall be deposited to the Consolidated Fund.

4.1(1)Where the Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs makes an appointment under section 2 or renews an appointment under subsection 3(2), the Minister shall issue a certificate of appointment.

4.1(2)The signature of the Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs on a certificate of appointment may be printed, stamped or otherwise mechanically reproduced on the certificate.

5(1)Every commissioner of oaths appointed under section 2 or whose appointment has been renewed under section 3 shall write or stamp on every affidavit, declaration, affirmation or certificate made before or given by him the date on which his appointment expires.

9(1)The Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs may empower such and so many persons as he may think fit and necessary, to administer oaths and take and receive affidavits, statutory declarations and affirmations in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or in any colony or dependency thereof, or in any foreign state or country, or in any province of Canada, in or concerning any cause, matter or thing depending in, or in any wise concerning any proceeding had or to be had in The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, or in The Probate Court of New Brunswick, or inferior court, or in any other court whether of record or not of record in this Province.

9(2)Every appointment made under subsection (1) or renewed under subsection (3), unless sooner revoked, expires at the expiration of five years from the thirty-first day of December of the year in which the appointment was made or renewed.

9(3)An appointment made under subsection (1) may, on or before the date of its expiration, be renewed by the Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs for a period of five years, and a renewed appointment may thereafter be renewed by the Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs every five years unless sooner revoked.

9(3.1)Where the Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs makes an appointment under subsection (1) or renews an appointment under subsection (3), the Minister shall issue a certificate of appointment.

9(3.2)The signature of the Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs on a certificate of appointment may be printed, stamped or otherwise mechanically reproduced on the certificate.

9(4)Every commissioner appointed under subsection (1) or whose appointment has been renewed under subsection (3) shall write or stamp on every affidavit, declaration, affirmation or certificate made before or given by him the date on which his appointment expires.

9(5)Subsections (2), (3) and (4) apply to all appointments made under subsection (1) and any predecessor of that subsection notwithstanding that the appointment was made before the coming into force of subsections (2), (3) and (4).