LawgistThe Notaries Act
1Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Notaries Act, 1952.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1 * * *.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and theSchedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
2. 14th February, 1956: vide notification No. S.R.O. 317, dated 10th February, 1956, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3.
All sections
- 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
- 16 Repealed
