Lok Sabha Question No. 2882 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Appointment of Notary Public
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Manickam Tagore B, Ganesan Selvam, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2882 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 TH JULY, 2019

## APPOINTMENT OF NOTARY PUBLIC

†2882 SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B:

SHRI SELVAM G:

DR.AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- a) The total number of notary public appointed by the Union Government in the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- b) Whether the services of these Notary Advocates are for a specific period/years and their services are to be renewed after their term ends and if so, the details thereof;
3. (c) the  number  of  certificates  of  notaries  that  have  been  renewed  during  the  last  three years and the current year, State/Court-wise;
4. (d) whether there is adequate number of notaries in proportion to the population in the country and if so, the details thereof;
5. (e) whether proposals for appointment of notaries in various States are pending with the  Union  Government  and  if  so,  the  details  and  the  present  status  thereof, State/UT-wise; and
6. (f) the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  appoint  the  notaries against the vacancies available in various States/UTs in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a)  A  Statement showing number of notaries appointed during last three years is enclosed at Annexure;
- (b) Yes Sir.  Notary Advocates are appointed initially for a period of 5 years.  Thereafter, the certificate of practice is renewed for a period of 5 years at a time under Section 5(2) of the Notaries Act, 1952 read with Rule 8B of the Notaries Rules, 1956;

(c)the detail of number of Certificates of practice renewed during last three year is as under:

| Year             |   Number |
|------------------|----------|
| 2016             |      799 |
| 2017             |     1744 |
| 2018             |     3110 |
| 2019 (till date) |      188 |

This Department does not maintain any data State-wise or Court-wise relating to renewal of certificates of practice;

- (d)  Rule  7(3)(b)  of  the  Notaries  Rule,  1956  requires  the  Interview  Board  to  take  into consideration the commercial importance of the area in which the applicant proposes to practice and the number of existing notaries in the area at the time of interview.  There is no such criterion with regard to proportion to the population in the country prescribed in the Notaries Act, 1952 and the Notaries Rules, 1956.
- (e) & (f) The receiving of applications for appointment as Notary Public is an ongoing process and the interviews are conducted for appointment of Notaries as per the provisions of the Notaries Act, 1952 and the Notaries Rules, 1956 framed thereunder from time to time for different  States.    During  2018-2019,  interviews  for  appointment  of  notaries  have  been conducted throughout India and certificates of practice are being issued after completing the procedural requirement.

## Number of Notaries appointed by Central Government during the last three years

| State                | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | *Recommended for appointment as Notary 2018- 19   |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar     | -         | -         | -         | -                                                 |
| Andhra Pradesh       | -         | -         | -         | 172                                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | -         | -         | -         | -                                                 |
| Assam                | -         | -         | 13        | -                                                 |
| Bihar                | -         | -         | 117       | 51                                                |
| Chandigarh           | 24        | -         | -         | 29                                                |
| Chhattisgarh         | -         | -         | -         | 182                                               |
| Delhi                | -         | -         | -         | 324                                               |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -         | -         | -         | -                                                 |
| Daman& Diu           | -         | -         | -         | -                                                 |
| Goa                  | -         | -         | -         | 16                                                |
| Gujarat              | 658       | -         | -         | 1896                                              |
| Himachal Pradesh     | -         | -         | -         | 95                                                |
| Haryana              | 203       | -         | -         | 374                                               |
| Jharkhand            | -         | -         | 43        | 23                                                |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | -         | -         | -         | -                                                 |
| Kerala               | -         | -         | -         | 441                                               |
| Karnataka            | 329       | -         | -         | 570                                               |
| Lakshadweep          | -         | -         | -         | 3                                                 |
| Meghalaya            | -         | -         | 1         | -                                                 |
| Maharashtra          | -         | -         | -         | 1949                                              |
| Manipur              | -         | -         | -         | -                                                 |
| Mizoram              | -         | -         | -         | -                                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh       | -         | -         | -         | 193                                               |
| Nagaland             | -         | -         | -         | -                                                 |
| Odisha               | -         | -         | 56        | 10                                                |
| Punjab               | 170       | -         | -         | 351                                               |
| Pondicherry          | -         | -         | -         | 28                                                |
| Rajasthan            | 600       | -         | 442       | 344                                               |
| Sikkim               | -         | -         | -         | -                                                 |
| Tamil Nadu           | -         | -         | -         | 748                                               |
| Tripura              | -         | -         | 7         | -                                                 |

| Telangana     | -    | -   | -   |   79 |
|---------------|------|-----|-----|------|
| Uttar Pradesh | -    | 206 | -   |  298 |
| Uttarakhand   | -    | 18  | -   |   14 |
| West Bengal   | -    | -   | 80  |   11 |
| Total         | 1984 | 224 | 759 | 8201 |

-  During 2018-2019, interviews for appointment of notaries have been conducted throughout India and certificates of practice will be issued after completing the procedural requirement.