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Notaries Act, 1952 Complete Act

Title: Notaries Act, 1952

State: Central

Year: 1952

Preamble1 - NOTARIES ACT, 1952 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Power to appoint notaries Section4 - Registers Section5 - Entry of names in the Register and issue or renewal of certificates of practice Section6 - Annual publication of lists of notaries Section7 - Seal of notaries Section8 - Functions of notaries Section9 - Bar of practice without certificate Section10 - Removal of names from Register Section11 - Construction of references to notaries public in other laws Section12 - Penalty for falsely representing to be a notary, etc. Section13 - Cognizance of offence Section14 - Reciprocal arrangements for recognition of notarial acts done by foreign notaries Section15 - Power to make rules Section16 - Amendment of Act 26 of 1881

Notaries Act, 1952 Section 14

Title: Reciprocal Arrangements for Recognition of Notarial Acts Done by Foreign Notaries

State: Central

Year: 1952

If the Central Government is satisfied that by the law or practice of any country or place outside India, the notarial acts done by notaries within India are recognised for all or any limited purposes in that country or place, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that the notarial acts lawfully done by notaries within such country or place shall be recognised within India for all purposes or, as the case may be, for such limited purposes as may be specified in the notification.

Notaries Act, 1952 Preamble 1

Title: Notaries Act, 1952

State: Central

Year: 1952

THE NOTARIES ACT, 1952 [Act, No. 53 of 1952] [9th August, 1952] PREAMBLE An Act to regulate the profession of notaries. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:--

Notaries Act, 1952 Section 12

Title: Penalty for Falsely Representing to Be a Notary, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 1952

Any person who-- (a) falsely represents that he is a notary without being appointed as such, or (b) practises as a notary or does any notarial act in contravention of Section 9, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to1ne year] or with fine, or with both. _______________________________ 1. Substituted for "three months" by the Notaries (Amdt) Act, 1999 w.e.f. 17-12-1999.

Notaries Act, 1952 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....every State Government shall maintain, in such form as may be prescribed, a Register of the notaries appointed by that Government and entitled to practise as such under this Act. (2) Every such Register shall include the following particulars about the notary whose name is entered therein, namely :- (a) his full name, date of birth, residential and professional address; (b) the date on which his name is entered in the Register; (c) his qualifications; and (d) any other particulars which may be prescribed. State Amendments SECTION 04A: SPECIAL PROVISION REGARDING REGISTERED NOTARIES OF GUJARAT (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the State Government of Gujarat shall prepare in the form prescribed for a Register required to be maintained under section 4-, a Register of Notaries for the State of Gujarat as hereinafter provided. (2) The State Government of Gujarat shall, by an order published in the Official Gazette, enter in the Register the names of notaries and all particulars relating thereto appearing in the Register maintained immediately before the 1st May, 1960 by the State Government of Bombay (hereinafter referred to as 'the Bombay Register') after.....

Notaries Act, 1952 Section 8

Title: Functions of Notaries

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....effect in any country or place outside India in such form and language as may conform to the law of the place where such deed is intended to operate; (h) translate, and verify the translation of, any document from one language into another; 2["(ha) act as a Commissioner to record evidence in any civil or criminal trial if so directed by any court or authority; (hb) act as an arbitrator, mediator or conciliator, if so required;".] (i) any other act which may be prescribed. (2) No act specified in Sub-section (2) shall be deemed to be a notarial act except when it is done by a notary under his signature and official seal. __________________________________ 1. For the meaning of 'protest', see Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), Section 100. 2. Inserted by the Notaries (Amdt) Act, 1999 w.e.f. 17-12-1999.

Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act, 1948 Section 3

Title: Powers as to Oaths and Notarial Acts Abroad

State: Central

Year: 1948

(1) Every diplomatic or consular officer may, in any foreign country or place where he is exercising his functions, administer any oath and take any affidavit and also do any notarial act which any notary public may do within1[a State]; and every oath, affidavit and notarial act administered, sworn or done by or before any such person shall be as effectual as if duly administered, sworn or done by or before any lawful authority in {Subs., ibid., for "any Province of India".}2[a State]. (2) Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed or subscribed thereon or thereto the seal and signature of any person authorized by this Act to administer an oath in testimony of any oath, affidavit or act, being administered, taken or done by or before him, shall be admitted in evidence without proof of the seal or signature being the seal or signature of that person, or of the official character of that person. ________________________ 1. Substituted for "Part A State" respectively by 3.A.L.O., 1956. 2. Substituted for "any Part A State" respectively by 3.A.L.O., 1956.

Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act, 1948 Complete Act

Title: Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act, 1948

State: Central

Year: 1948

Preamble1 - DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS (OATHS AND FEES) ACT, 1948 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Powers as to oaths and notarial acts abroad Section4 - Punishment for offences under this Act Section5 - Trial of offences Section6 - Power to prescribe fees Section7 - Publication and issue of tables of fees Section8 - Power to make rules

Notaries Act, 1952 Section 3

Title: Power to Appoint Notaries

State: Central

Year: 1952

The Central Government, for the whole or any part of India, and any State Government, for the whole or any part of the State, may appoint as notaries any legal practitioners or other persons who possess such qualifications as may be prescribed.

Notaries Act, 1952 Section 6

Title: Annual Publication of Lists of Notaries

State: Central

Year: 1952

The Central Government and every State Government shall, during the month of January each year, publish in the Official Gazette a list of notaries appointed by that Government and in practice at the beginning of that year together with such details pertaining to them as may be prescribed.