公证处根据当事人的申请办理公证,这是公证制度的一个基本要素,并作为一项社会常识广为人知。可是近年来有的法律条文以及规范性文件开始出现“委托”公证的提法,其涵义值得商讨。“委托”公证一说,最先出现于1999年8月30日通过的《中华人民共和国招标投标法》。该法第36条规定:“开标时,由投标人或者其推选的代表检查投标文件的密封情况,也可以由招标人委托的公证机构检查并公证。”再后是2000年1月10日由国家发展计划委员会、财政部、国家经济贸易委员会、中国人民银行联合发布的《关于整顿企业抵押贷款收费的通知》,该通知规定:“办理抵押贷款需要进行评估、公证和鉴证的,应按照‘谁委托、谁付费’的原 The notary office is notarized on the basis of the party’s application, which is an essential element of the notary system and is widely known as a social common sense. However, in recent years, some legal provisions as well as normative documents began to appear ”commission “ notarized reference, its meaning is worth discussing. ”Commissioned “ a notation, first appeared in the August 30, 1999 adopted the ”People’s Republic of China bidding Law.“ Article 36 of the law stipulates that: ”During the opening ceremony, the seal of the bidder or its elected representative shall be inspected and notarized by the notary public entrusted by the tenderee.“ Then, January 10, 2000 Day by the State Development Planning Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the State Economic and Trade Commission, the People’s Bank of China jointly issued the ”Notice on the rectification of corporate mortgage lending,“ the circular states: ”for mortgage loans need to be assessed, notarized and forensic, Should follow the ’Who commissioned, who paid’ the original