Section 20: Offences

A person suspended from practicing as a Notary Public or whose name is not on the register as a Notary Public who makes, does, exercises or performs any act, matter or thing appertaining or belonging to the office, function or practice of a Notary Public or who being suspended from practicing as a Notary Public purports to act in any capacity as a Notary Public commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of N 1,000 per day from the date of the commission of the offence up until his conviction or to imprisonment for a term of at least four months.