Section 54d - [For Repeal, See Note] Acknowledgments and other notarial acts before commissioned officers of armed forces; validation(a) In addition to the acknowledgement of instruments and the performance of other notarial acts in the manner and form and as otherwise authorized by law, instruments may be acknowledged, documents attested, oaths and affirmations administered, depositions and affidavits executed, and other notarial acts performed, before or by any commissioned officer in active service of the armed forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the army or marine corps, or with the rank of ensign or higher in the navy or coast guard, or with equivalent rank in any other component part of the armed forces of the United States, by any person who either (a) is a member of the armed forces of the United States, or (b) is a spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States, or (c) is serving as a merchant seaman outside the limits of the United States included within the forty-eight states and the District of Columbia, or (d) is outside said limits by permission, assignment, or direction of any department or official of the United States Government in connection with any activity pertaining to the prosecution of any war in which the United States is then engaged.(b) Such acknowledgement of instruments, attestation of documents, administration of oaths and affirmations, execution of depositions and affidavits, and performance of other notarial acts, heretofore or hereafter made or taken, are hereby declared legal, valid and binding; and instruments and documents so acknowledged, authenticated, or sworn to, shall be admissible in evidence and eligible to record in this Commonwealth under the same circumstances and with the same force and effect as if such acknowledgement, attestation, oath, affirmation, deposition, affidavit, or other notarial act had been made or taken within this Commonwealth before or by a duly qualified officer or official as otherwise provided by law.Repealed by P.L. 609 2013 No. 73, § 3, eff. 180 days after publication of notice of approval of courses under 57 Pa.C.S. § 322(b) and (c).1953, Aug. 19, P.L. 1104, § 1. Amended 1956, Jan. 31, P.L. (1955) 970, § 1.