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Notaries Public and Notarial Functions (Amendment) Act, 2009

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Jurisdiction: Zambia
Structure: 3 provisions
Citation: Act 23 of 2009
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“This section gives the Act’s short title and says it must be read together with the principal Act.”

This section gives the Act’s short title and says it must be read together with the principal Act. This section amends the principal Act by repealing section 31 and replacing it with a new section. The Registrar must enter qualifying legal practitioners’ names on the Roll of Notaries Public, and people already holding State Counsel rank are treated as appointed and enrolled as notaries public.

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This Act may be cited as the Notaries Public and Notarial Short title

This section gives the Act’s short title and says it must be read together with the principal Act.

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The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section thirty

This section amends the principal Act by repealing section 31 and replacing it with a new section.

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Section 31

The Registrar must enter qualifying legal practitioners’ names on the Roll of Notaries Public, and people already holding State Counsel rank are treated as appointed and enrolled as notaries public.

Section 31

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Short titleRepealCommencement

§ 1This Act may be cited as the Notaries Public and Notarial Short titleShort title

This section gives the Act’s short title and says it must be read together with the principal Act.

1. This Act may be cited as the Notaries Public and Notarial Short title Functions (Amendment) Act, 2009, and shall be read as one with the Notaries Public and Notarial Functions Act, in this Act referred Cap. 35 to as the principal Act.

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§ 2The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section thirtyRepeal

This section amends the principal Act by repealing section 31 and replacing it with a new section.

2. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section thirty- one and the substitution therefor of the following new section:

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§ 31Section 31Commencement

31. ( 1) The Registrar shall, upon the grant to any legal practitioner of Letters Patent of the rank and dignity of State Counsel for Zambia, cause the name of the legal practitioner to be entered on the Rpll of Notaries Public. (2) A person who, on the commencement of this Act, . enjoys the rank and dignity of State Counsel for Zambia, shall be deemed to have been appointed and enrolled as notary public under, and for the purposes of, this Act. (3) The Registrar shall cause the name of a person referred to in subsection (2) to be entered on the Roll of Notaries Public upon the commencement of this Act. Repeal and replacement of section 31 State Counsel for Zambia to act as notaries Copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printe1� PO. Box 30136, Lusaka. Price KJOOO each. 348 \

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Notaries Public upon the commencement of this Act
Section 31
of section thirty This section amends the principal Act
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