Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2022

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

(Department of Legal Affairs)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 9th June, 2022

G.S.R. 438(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. (1) These rules may be called the Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2022.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Schedule to the Notaries Rules, 1956,

(1) against serial number 1 relating to Andhra Pradesh, in column (2), for the figures “865”, the figures “1700” shall be substituted;

(ii) against serial number 4 relating to Gujarat , in column (2), for the figures “5000”, the figures “8000” shall be substituted;

(iii) against serial number 5 relating to Kerala, in column (2), for the figures “1250”, the figures “1750” shall be substituted;

(iv) against serial number 6 relating to Madhya Pradesh in column (2), for the figures “1125”, the figures “1650” shall be substituted;

(v) against serial number 7 relating to Tamil Nadu, in column (2), for the figures “1700”, the figures “4700” shall be substituted;

(vi) against serial number 8 relating to Maharashtra, in column (2), for the figures “4200”, the figures “8000” shall be substituted;

(vii) against serial number 9 relating to Karnataka , in column (2), for the figures “2000”, the figures “3500” shall be substituted;

(xiii) against serial number 11 relating to Punjab, in column (2), for the figures “1300”, the figures “2000” shall be substituted;

(ix) against serial number 12 relating to Rajasthan, in column (2), for the figures “2000”, the figures “4500” shall be substituted;

(x) against serial number 14 relating to West Bengal, in column (2), for the figures “450”, the figures “600” shall be substituted;

(xi) against serial number 17 relating to Haryana, in column (2), for the figures “1500”, the figures “2000” shall be substituted;

(xii) against serial number 18 relating to Himachal Pradesh, in column (2), for the figures “300”, the figures “400” shall be substituted;

(xiii) against serial number 25 relating to Goa, in column (2), for the figures “63” the figures “150”, shall be substituted;

(xiv) against serial number 27 relating to Chattisgarh, in column (2), for the figures “400”, the figures “900” shall be substituted;

(xv) against serial number 28A relating to Telangana, in column (2), for the figures “800”, the figures “1000” shall be substituted;

(xvi) against serial number 34 relating to Puducherry, in column (2), for the figures “150”, the figures “250” shall be substituted;

(xvii) after serial number 35 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:—

[F. No. 15011/2/2022-NC]

R.K. SRIVASTAVA, Jt. Secy. And Legal Advisor

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part Il, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number JS.R.O. 324, dated the 14^th February, 1956 and was last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 746 (E), dated the 18^th October, 2021.