Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2021

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The Ministry of Law and Justice has introduced the Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2021, effective from their publication date. These amendments modify the Notaries Rules, 1956. A key change is the insertion of a new clause, allowing individuals with benchmark disabilities, who have practised as legal practitioners for at least seven years, to be eligible under the new rules.

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Department of Legal Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th May, 2021.

G.S.R. 341(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, 2021.

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

2. In the Notaries Rules, 1956, in Rule 3, after clause (ab), the following clause shall be inserted, namely-

“(ac) a person with benchmark disability as defined in Clause (r) of Section 2 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), who has been practicing for at least seven years, as a legal practitioner.”

[E.O. No. 378186/2021]
RAJVEER SINGH VERMA, Addl. Secy.

Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part Il, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number S.R.O. 324, dated the 14th February, 1956 and was last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 821 (E), dated the 5th November, 2019.

FAQ :

These are new rules made by the Central Government to further amend the Notaries Rules, 1956, and they came into force upon their publication in the Official Gazette.

The rules came into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

The amendment introduces a new clause that allows a person with a benchmark disability, who has practiced as a legal practitioner for at least seven years, to be eligible.

A benchmark disability is defined in Clause (r) of Section 2 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

Individuals with benchmark disabilities must have been practicing as legal practitioners for at least seven years to be eligible under the new clause.