All notarial acts heretofore performed by judge advocates of the United States Army in the administration of oaths, the execution and acknowledgment of legal instruments, the attestation of documents, and all other similar notarial acts, are hereby validated and made legal, and such acts shall be received in evidence in the courts of the Commonwealth and for entry of record, in the like manner, and with the same force and effect, as provided in section one of this act.
57 P.S. § 65