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MARIANO AGADAN v. ATTY. RICHARD BALTAZAR KILAAN

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	AC. No. 8507 2015-11-10	ELENA BIETE LEONES VDA. DE MILLER v. ATTY. ROLANDO B. MIRANDA PERLAS-BERNABE, J.
In view of such importance, the Notarial Law and the 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice[23] require a duly commissioned notary public to make the proper entries in his Notarial Register and to refrain from committing any dereliction or any act which may serve as cause for the revocation of his commission or the imposition of administrative sanctions.[24]
	AC. No. 10695 2015-03-18	CRESCENCIANO M. PITOGO v. ATTY. JOSELITO TROY SUELLO LEONEN, J.
In Agadan, et al. v. Atty. Kilaan,[38] the same violations of Notarial Rules and Code of Professional Responsibility were meted with the penalty of one-year suspension of notarial commission and three-month suspension from the practice of law.[39] We find the same penalties proper under the circumstances.
	AC. No. 8103 2014-12-03	ATTY. AURELIO C. ANGELES v. ATTY. RENATO C. BAGAY MENDOZA, J.
Respondent should remember that a notarial commission is a privilege and a significant responsibility. It is a privilege granted only to those who are qualified to perform duties imbued with public interest. As we have declared on several occasions, notarization is not an empty, meaningless, routinary act. It is invested with substantive public interest, such that only those who are qualified or authorized may act as notary public. The protection of that interest necessarily requires that those not qualified or authorized to act must be prevented from imposing upon the public, the courts, and the administrative offices in general.[17]