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1989 Ed.]

Legal Practitioners

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(3) In this section, "expenses" includes witnesses' expenses and fees, counsel's fees, solicitor's fees, auditor's fees and other charges and dis- bursements.

PART IV

NOTARIES PUBLIC

40. Registration of notaries public

The Registrar shall register every notary public who, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, produces to the Registrar his notarial faculty and who files in the Court an affidavit of identity in such form and pays such enrolment fee as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice.

41. Register of notaries public

The Registrar shall keep a register of notaries public registered by him under section 40 and shall have custody of the register of notaries public and of all documents relating thereto and shall allow any person to inspect the register of notaries public during office hours without payment.

42. Power of Court to strike off or suspend a notary public

(1) The Court, upon reasonable cause being shown, may remove from or strike off the register of notaries public or suspend from practice any notary public.

(2) Upon the making of any order by the Court under subsection (1) the Registrar shall enter a note of the order on the register of notaries public in connection with the name of the notary public and, where the order so directs, shall remove or strike off the name.

43. Restoration of name of notary public

The Chief Justice may, if he thinks fit, at any time order the Registrar to replace on the register of notaries public the name of a notary public whose name has been removed or struck off therefrom.

PART V

PRIVILEGES, RESTRICTIONS AND ÖFFENCES

IN CONNECTION WITH PRACTICE

44. Penalty for unlawfully practising

as a barrister or notary public Any person who-

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