LawgistThe Notaries Act
13Cognizance of offence
(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence committed by a notary in the exercise or purported exercise of his functions under this Act save upon complaint in writing made by an officer authorised by the Central Government or a State Government by general or special order in this behalf.
(2) No Magistrate other than a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class shall try an offence punishable under this Act.
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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- 16 Repealed
