Section 15: Power to make rules

15. Power to make rules.―(1) The 1 [Provincial Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Ordinance. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: (a) the qualifications of a notary, the form and manner in which applications for appointment as a notary may be made and the disposal of such applicants; (b) the certificates, testimonials or proofs as to character, integrity, ability and competence which any person applying for appointment as a notary may be required to furnish; (c) the fees payable for appointment as a notary and for the issue and renewal of a certificate of practice, and exemption, whether wholly or in part, from such fees in specified classes of cases; (d) the fees payable to a notary for doing any notarial act; 1Subs. by A.O., 1964, Art. 2 and Sch., for “Central Government”. (e) the form of Registers and the particulars to be entered therein; (f) the form and design of the seal of a notary; (g) the manner in which inquiries into allegations or professional or other misconduct of notaries may be made; (h) the acts which a notary may do in addition to those specified in section 8 and the manner in which a notary may perform his functions.

Effective date: 1961-01-01

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