PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 759
Clause 8 deals with the functions of the Notary. They are the normal functions which a Notary is required to perform both under the English Law and practice. They have practically been taken from Halsbury’s Laws of England.
Clause 9 prohibits any person from practising as a Notary without a certificate of practice. Persons who are already Notaries have been given one year’s time to get themselves registered under this Bill.
Clause 10 is the usual clause dealing with the removal of names from the Register of Notaries, if the Notary has committed any act which is said to disqualify him from holding the post of Notary Public.
Clause 11 provides that any reference to a Notary Public in any other law is purely interpretational and shall be construed as a reference to a Notary entitled to practice under this Act.
Clauses 12 and 13 deal with penalty and congnizance of offences.
Clause 13A is a new clause which has been inserted to validate on a reciprocal basis the Notary’s Act done in any foreign country.
This is all that the Bill does and I hope that the House will see its way to grant its accord to my motion.
Mr. Chairman : Motion moved.
“That the Bill to regulate the profession of Notaries be taken into consideration.’’
Shri Sidhva (Madhya Pradesh) : This is a very simple Bill. I am very glad that the Hon. the Law Minister has given us a very interesting history. I did not know that the Notaries who were appointed in India were appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. I thought it was done by the Government of India. This was really a place of news. I think, to several of us—at least I did not know that.
I want to know the meaning of the word “duly qualified”. Does it mean duly qualified in law ?