02 JP Signing Kit

Stamps

When qualified all JPs are issued with wooden seal of office stamp by the JP Branch along with a stamp pad of the appropriate colour. Most active JPs make this into a self-inking stamp to avoid carrying the pad. In itself the seal is sufficient to witness documents with associated hand written text and a signature. However the amount of hand writing is considerable - to begin with the JP's full name is required to be printed on most documents witnessed.

The seal should be placed on the document beneath, beside or below the signature and should not cover any wording on the document.

For certified copies the JP Branch sells a combined wording and seal stamp with provision for date, signature and name. Most signing sites will have this stamp available. Nevertheless the full name needs to be written, and it is highly recommended that a number of additional frequently-used stamps be purchased to speed up witnessing. The stamps page describes a number of options.

It is possible you may end up with a dozen or so of your own stamps, and it is sensible to find a suitable stamp box for carrying and placing the stamps together on the desk while signing. Black and red ink bottles are useful additions to recharge the pads in each of your self-inking stamps.