Section List

Act Number: 53

Act Name: The Notaries Act, 1952

Year: 1952

Enactment Date: 1952-08-09

Long Title: An Act to regulate the profession of notaries.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Legal Affairs

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title, extent and commencement.
2 Definitions.
3 Power to appoint notaries.
4 Registers.
5 Entry of names in the Register and issue or renewal of certificates of practice.
6 Annual publication of lists of notaries.
7 Seal of notaries.
8 Functions of notaries.
9 Bar of practice without certificate.
10 Removal of names from Register.
11 Construction of references to notaries public in other laws.
12 Penalty for falsely representing to be a notary, etc.
13 Cognizance of offence.
14 Reciprocal arrangements for recognition of notarial acts done by foreign notaries.
15 Power to make rules.
16Repealed.
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