under this Code- (a) any Court or Magistrate, or (aa) [ any notary appointed under the Notaries Act, 1952 ( 53 of 1952 ), or] (b) any officer
High Court or Court of Session; or (c) any Notary appointed under the Notaries Act, 1952 ( 53 of 1952 ). (2) Affidavits shall be confined
Section 4 in The Notaries Act, 1952
4. Registers.—
(1) The Central Government and every State Government shall maintain ... such form as may be prescribed, a Register of the notaries appointed by that Government and entitled to practise as such under this
Rules framed regulates the
qualification for appointment as notary , number of notaries to
be appointed in each State or union territory by the appropriate
Government ... objections are raised against his appointment and further where
the application for appointment as a notary is rejected , the
applicant has right to make
consider the Scheme of the Notaries Act .
The power to appoint Notaries has been given to
the Central Government for whole or any part ... apparent that the Government appointing notary, may,
on receipt of application and prescribed fee, renew the
certificate of practice for five years
notary, the form and manner in which applications for appointment as a notary may be made and the disposal of such applications; (b) the certificates ... character, integrity, ability and competence which any person applying for appointment as a notary may be required to furnish; (c) the fees payable for appointment
Section 3 in The Notaries Act, 1952
3. Power to appoint notaries.—
The Central Government, for the whole or any part of India ... Government, for the whole or any part of the State, may appoint as notaries any legal practitioners or other persons who possess such qualifications
Section 6 in The Notaries Act, 1952
6. Annual publication of lists of notaries.—
The Central Government and every State Government shall, during the month ... January each year, publish in the Official Gazette a list of notaries appointed by that Government and in practice at the beginning of that year
appoint Notaries for the whole or any part of the concerned State. So, it is clear that Notaries may be appointed either by the State ... Notaries Rules, 1956 framed under Section 15 of the Notaries Act, 1952. Apparently that was a case of appointment of Notaries by the State Government
Notaries are governed by the Notaries Act,
1952 and the Rules made thereunder, viz., the Notaries Rules, 1956.
6. Section 3 provides for appointment ... Notary, stipulating
therein:
"3. Power to appoint notaries. The Central Government,
for the whole or any part of India, and any State
Government