LawgistThe Notaries Act
10Removal of names from Register
The Government appointing any notary may, by order, remove from the Register maintained by it under section 4 the name of the notary if he—
(a) makes a request to that effect; or
(b) has not paid any prescribed fee required to be paid by him; or
(c) is an undischarged insolvent; or
(d) has been found, upon inquiry in the prescribed manner, to be guilty of such professional or other misconduct as, in the opinion of the Government, renders his unfit to practise as a notary; 1 [or]
1 [(e) is convicted by any court for an offence involving moral turpitude; or
(f) does not get his certificate of practice renewed.]
Download our fully-offline, High speed android app.- Click here
1. Ins. by Act 36 of 1999, s. 5, for "or" (w.e.f. 17-12-1999).
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- 16 Repealed
