DSCO's founder, Dinesh Sadhwani, was initially appointed as a notary public under the Notaries Public Act 1959 for a two year period (September 2023 - September 2025). He was subsequently re-appointed for a further two year period (September 2025 - September 2027).
Under Malaysian law, a notary may, amongst others, witness signatures of documents and certify documents as true copies. In general, notarised documents are for use outside Malaysia.
Dinesh has notarised a wide range of documents (including academic transcripts, affidavits, bank statements and related documents, birth certificates, contracts, corporate documents, declarations, identity cards, passports, power of attorneys, property transaction documents, salary slips, tax returns, utility bills and visa applications) for use in various jurisdictions (including Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA and Vietnam).
Please refer to the terms & conditions below which are applicable to our notarisation services.
General terms & conditions ("Terms") for notarisation services ("Services")
Last updated: 15 May 2026
Last updated: 15 May 2026
1.
Making an appointment
1.1
The Services are by appointment only and subject to our availability. Please make appointments with reasonable advance notice. We are not able to accommodate walk-ins or open-ended appointment slots. The foregoing applies to both our ordinary office hours and otherwise (i.e. outside our ordinary office hours or during public holidays or weekends). Our ordinary office hours are 10am – 5pm on Mondays – Fridays (excluding public holidays). Please note that whilst we may be contactable throughout the day (including outside our ordinary office hours), however, this does not necessarily mean we are available for an appointment.
1.2
If you need to reschedule or cancel an appointment, please notify us at least four (4) hours before the appointment or by such other deadline which we may otherwise specify. If the appointment is made with less than four (4) hours notice and we do not specify a rescheduling or cancellation deadline, the appointment cannot be rescheduled or cancelled. We reserve the right to charge a fee for late rescheduling or cancellation - this will be in addition to and separate from the notarisation fees for any Services rendered. Rescheduling is subject to our availability.
1.3
If you are running late, please do let us know as soon as possible. Our policy is to allocate twenty (20) minutes for each appointment. If you do not meet us within the appointment slot time-frame, we reserve the right to cancel the appointment, grant an extension of time and/or charge a stand-by fee - this will be in addition to and separate from the notarisation fees for any Services rendered.
1.4
We reserve the right to decline to provide the Services or cancel or reschedule an appointment at any time for any of the following reasons:
(a)
You breach or we believe you intend to breach or not comply with these Terms.
(b)
You furnish us with incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete or false information or documents.
(c)
Due to urgent, unavoidable, special or other circumstances on our part.
2.
Preparing for the appointment
2.1
For certified true copies: Please bring originals in addition to the required copies. If the original is only available in electronic form, please have them ready for our viewing on your device. We cannot certify a document as a true copy without sighting the original.
2.2
For witnessing of signatures: The signatory must be personally present and sign the document before us. Please do not pre-sign any documents. We are unable to act as witness if the person does not sign the document before us. We are unable to witness remotely.
2.3
Please bring your original government issued photo ID which is valid / not expired i.e. IC (for Malaysian citizens and permanent residents) or passport (for foreign citizens who are not Malaysian permanent residents).
2.4
We are unable to assist with printing or photocopying. Please have all documents ready for notarisation.
3.
Fees and payment
3.1
Notarial fees are prescribed by the relevant legislation and depend on various factors (including type of notarisation service required, whether a notarisation seal or certificate is required, number of signatories and whether a duplicate copy is required). We kindly request you to provide us with complete and accurate information before the appointment so that we in turn can provide you with an accurate fee estimate. Please note that fee estimates are not binding as they are dependent on the completeness and accuracy of the information which you provide us with. We reserve the right to charge fees which are different from the fee estimate if it turns out that we were provided with incomplete or inaccurate information.
3.2
The notarisation fees will be subject to service tax (currently 8%) and disbursements (if any).
3.3
We reserve the right to charge an additional attendance fee (AAF) for appointments with short notice or outside our ordinary office hours or during public holidays or weekends. The AAF will also apply to appointments initially made for our ordinary office hours which have been rescheduled with short notice or to outside our ordinary office hours or a public holiday or weekend. Please note that the AAF is not fixed and we reserve the right to charge a different AAF depending on the circumstances as well as periodically revise the AAF.
3.4
We accept payment in cash in Ringgit Malaysia or by instant bank transfer (DuitNow) only. We are unable to accept other payment modes e.g. credit cards, cheques, e-wallet, cryptocurrency or cash in foreign currency. As a general policy, payment is to be made during the appointment, but we reserve the right to require either a deposit or full payment before the appointment.
3.5
All amounts paid to us are non-refundable except where monies are paid in advance and we cancel the appointment pursuant to paragraph 1.4(c) of these Terms.
4.
Miscellaneous
4.1
The Services are for specific purposes only i.e. certifying a document as a true copy or verifying the identity of the signatory. Accordingly, the Services do not include any other services, including but not limited to the following:
(a)
Advising on the specific requirements of the parties to whom you may be submitting the notarised documents. Please verify the requirements before seeking the Services. If there are any specific requirement (e.g. notarial certificate or specific notarisation language), please do let us know with reasonable advance notice before the appointment (and not during the appointment). We will use reasonable efforts to assist where possible.
(b)
Advising on, reviewing or providing other assistance with the documents (including but not limited to translation, legalisation or any applications / registrations / submissions).
4.2
Please rest assured that we are committed to providing the highest standards of service. Nonetheless we provide no assurance that documents notarised by us will be accepted by the relevant party.
4.3
We reserve the right to amend or replace these Terms in whole or in part at any time.