Notaries (Amendment)

Notaries (Amendment)

A LAW TO AMEND THE NOTARIES ORDINANCE. Chapter 105 Volume V Page 56.

BE it enacted by the National State Assembly of the Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: -

Short title.

1. This Law may be cited as the Notaries (Amendment) Law. No. 24 of 1973.

Amendment of section 4 of Chapter 107.

2. Section 4 of the Notaries Ordinance, herein-after referred to as the " principal enactment ", is hereby amended by the substitution, for subsection (1) of that section, of the following subsection: -

" (1) The Minister may appoint as notaries persons other than proctors of the Supreme Court:

Provided that such persons-

(a) are of good character and repute:

(b) are of the age of twenty years;

(c) have been articled clerks, licensed as hereinafter provided, of a proctor of the Supreme Court and have duly served as such for two years; and

(d) have passed an examination prescribed by the Minister and are reported to be duly qualified by the Registrar-General "

Amendment of the First Schedule to the-principal enactment.

3. The First Schedule to the principal enactment is hereby amended, under the heading " A " as follows:-

(a) by the substitution, for regulation 9 of that Schedule, of the following new regulation: -

" 9. Every articled clerk shall serve his articles for a term, of not less than two years. "; and

(b) by the substitution, for regulation 10 of that Schedule, of the following new regulation: -

" 10. If the proctor under whom the articled clerk is serving is not a notary practising in the language in which the clerk proposes to practice, he shall serve for one year as a clerk of such proctor. and for one subsequent year as a clerk in the office of a notary practising; in. the language in which he intends to practice and shall, in such a case, obtain a fresh licence from the Registrar-General and enter into fresh articles of agreement with the notary named in such licence. A copy of such articles of agreement shall be sent to the Registrar-General "

Amendment of the Second Schedule to the principal enactment.

4. The Second Schedule to the principal enactment is hereby amended in Form, A2 of that Schedule as follows: -

(a) by the substitution, for item 5 thereof of the following item:-

" 5. I have attained the age of twenty years."; and

(b) by the substitution, in item 9 thereof, for paragraph (e), of the following paragraph: -

" (e) my birth certificate or such other authentic evidence of age to prove I have attained the age of twenty years marked (E)"