§456-14  Notary connected with a corporation
or trust company; authority to act.  It shall be lawful for any notary
public, although an officer, employee, shareholder, or director of a
corporation or trust company to take the acknowledgment of any party to any
written instrument executed to or by the corporation or trust company, or to
administer an oath to any shareholder, director, officer, employee, or agent of
the corporation or trust company, or to protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment
of bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes, and other negotiable instruments
which may be owned or held for collection by the corporation or trust company;
provided it shall be unlawful for any notary public to take the acknowledgment
of any party to an instrument, or to protest any negotiable instrument, where
the notary is individually a party to the instrument. [L 1961, c 97, §1; Supp,
§168-13.5; HRS §456-14]