Qualifications for appointment as a notary- Amendment in Rule No. 3 of THE NOTARIES RULES, 1956
Rule 3: Qualifications for appointment as a notary. –
No person shall be eligible for appointment as a notary unless on the date of the application for such appointment:
(a) a person had been practicing at least for ten years, or
(aa) a person belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes had been practicing at least for seven years, or
(ab) a woman who had been practicing at least for seven years, as a legal practitioner, or]
(b) he had been a member of the Indian Legal Services under the Central Government, or
(c) he had been at least for ten years,-
(i) a member of Judicial Service; or
(ii) held an office under the Central Government or a State Government requiring special knowledge of law after
enrolment as an advocate; or
(iii) held an office in the department of Judge Advocate General or in the legal department of the armed forces.]
Notification
G.S.R. 341(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Notaries Act, 1952 (53 of 1952), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Notaries Rules, 1956, namely :—
- (1) These rules may be called the Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2021.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. - In the Notaries Rules, 1956, in Rule 3, after clause (ab), the following clause shall be inserted, namely-
“(ac) a person with benchmark disability as defined in Clause (r) of Section 2 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), who has been practicing for at least seven years, as a legal practitioner.”
Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part Il, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number S.R.O. 324, dated the 14th February, 1956 and was last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 821 (E), dated the 5th November, 2019.
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