The Director of the Notarial Inspection Office shall establish a new file or data base to be designated as 'Register of Powers', in which he shall briefly set forth in chronological order all the particulars included in the notices that shall be remitted to the notaries in compliance with the provisions of § 922 of this title; Provided, That the constitution, modification, extension, substitution, renunciation, or revocation of powers of attorney shall be independently entered in separate columns of the said Register of Powers; Provided, That on every certified copy of a deed to constitute, modify, extend, substitute, renounce, or revoke a power of attorney, presented to him/her by any person after this requirement has been fulfilled, the Director of the Notarial Inspection Office shall set forth, in a note written at the foot of the document itself, the date, hour, and minute it was entered in the 'Register of Powers' the particulars included in the notice prescribed in § 922 of this title, concerning the document presented to him/her. Subject to the provisions of § 927 of this title, the Director of the Notarial Inspection Office shall collect a fee of three dollars ($3) for his title, concerning the document presented to him/her. Subject to the provisions of § 927 of this title, the Director of the Notarial Inspection Office shall collect a fee of three dollars ($3) for this service and shall attest to having made the collection of such fees in the document itself. The payment of the referred fees shall be made in internal revenue stamps, which shall be cancelled on the certification itself, or in the manner to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the person upon whom he/she delegates. History —May 8, 1937, No. 62, p. 185, § 5; Mar. 30, 1976, No. 19, p. 43, § 5; Dec. 13, 2007, No. 196, § 22.
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