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NOTARIES PUBLIC ACT 1984 - SECT 10

Certificate of appointment

    (1)     On the application of a person whose name appears on the roll, the registrar must issue to the person a certificate, signed by the registrar and under the seal of the Supreme Court.

Note 1     If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 , s 8 for this provision, the form must be used.

Note 2     A fee for the application may be determined under the Court Procedures Act 2004 , section 13.

    (2)     The registrar may, on the application of a person to whom a certificate was issued under subsection (1), issue to that person a duplicate of the certificate if the registrar is satisfied that the certificate has been lost or destroyed or that a duplicate should, for any other reason, be issued.

    (3)     A person whose name is on the roll commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person's name is removed from the roll under section 13; and

        (b)     the person fails to return the certificate or duplicate to the registrar within 1 month after the day the person's name is removed.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (4)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.



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