The Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2024.
G.S.R. 132(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, 2024.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. - In the Notaries Rules, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 7A, in sub-rule (2),
(i) for the words “Deputy Legal Adviser or Law Officer”, the words “Deputy Legal Adviser or Deputy Legislative Counsel or Deputy Government Advocate or Law Officer” shall be substituted;
(ii) in the proviso, for the words “Provided that” the following shall be substituted, namely : —
“Provided that the Interview Board under this sub-rule may consist of a single member or more than one member;
Provided further that”; - In rule 8 of the said rules, in sub-rule (4A), under the third proviso, for the words “enhancement of quota” the words “enhancement of maximum number of notaries under column (3) of the Schedule” shall be substituted.
- In rule 8A of the said rules,
(i) in the marginal heading for the word “extension”, the word “change” shall be substituted.
(ii) For the word “extension” wherever it occurs, the word “change” shall be substituted. - In rule 8B of the said rules, after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—
“Provided also that the application for renewal of certificate of practice may be made in physical form;
Provided also that the applications received in physical form before the commencement of the Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2024 may also be considered by the appropriate government for the purpose of renewal of the Certificate of Practice of the existing notaries.”; - In rule 9 of the said rules, for the word “extension” wherever it occurs, the word “change” shall be
substituted. - In rule 11 of the said rules, in sub-rule (5), for the words “State Government”, the words “appropriate government” shall be substituted.
- In the Schedule to the said rules,
(i) against serial number 1 relating to Andhra Pradesh, in column (2), for the figures “1700”, the figures “3000” shall be substituted;
(ii) against serial number 2 relating to Assam, in column (2), for the figures “575”, the figures “1000” shall be substituted;
(iii) against serial number 3 relating to Bihar, in column (2), for the figures “925”, the figures “2000” shall be substituted;
(iv) against serial number 4 relating to Gujarat in column (2), for the figures “8000”, the figures “12000” shall be substituted;
(v) against serial number 5 relating to Kerala, in column (2), for the figures “1750”, the figures “3500” shall be substituted;
(vi) against serial number 6 relating to Madhya Pradesh, in column (2), for the figures “1650”, the figures “4000” shall be substituted;
(vii) against serial number 7 relating to Tamil Nadu, in column (2), for the figures “4700”, the figures “9000” shall be substituted;
(viii) against serial number 8 relating to Maharashtra, in column (2), for the figures “8000” the figures “20000”, shall be substituted;
(ix) against serial number 9 relating to Karnataka, in column (2), for the figures “3500”, the figures “7000” shall be substituted;
(x) against serial number 10 relating to Orissa, the word “Orissa” in column (1) shall be substituted with the word “Odisha” and in column (2), for the figures “750”, the figures “2000” shall be substituted;
(xi) against serial number 11 relating to Punjab, in column (2), for the figures “2000”, the figures “3500” shall be substituted;
(xii) against serial number 12 relating to Rajasthan, in column (2), for the figures “4500”, the figures “7000” shall be substituted;
(xiii) against serial number 13 relating to Uttar Pradesh, in column (2), for the figures “5150”, the figures “14000” shall be substituted;
(xiv) against serial number 14 relating to West Bengal, in column (2), for the figures “600”, the figures “2000” shall be substituted;
(xv) against serial number 15 relating to Jammu & Kashmir, in column (2), for the figures “350”, the figures “500” shall be substituted;
(xvi) against serial number 17 relating to Haryana, in column (2), for the figures “2000”, the figures “3500” shall be substituted;
(xvii) against serial number 18 relating to Himachal Pradesh, in column (2), for the figures “400”, the figures “800” shall be substituted;
(xviii) against serial number 25 relating to Goa, in column (2), for the figures “150”, the figures “350” shall be substituted;
(xix) against serial number 26 relating to Uttaranchal, the word ‘Uttaranchal’ in column (1) shall be substituted with the word ‘Uttarakhand’ and in column (2), for the figures “325”, the figures “400” shall be substituted;
(xx) against serial number 27 relating to Chhattisgarh, in column (2), for the figures “900”, the figures “2000” shall be substituted;
(xxi) against serial number 28 relating to Jharkhand, in column (2), for the figures “450”, the figures “1000” shall be substituted;
(xxii) against serial number 28A relating to Telangana, in column (2), for the figures “1000”, the figures “2000” shall be substituted;
(xxiii) against serial number 29 relating to Delhi in column (2), for the figures “1600”, the figures “2400” shall be substituted; - For ‘Form-I’ and Form-II of the said rules, the following Forms shall respectively be substituted,
namely:—
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