2. Replacement of section 3 of Chapter 107

Section 3 of the Notaries Ordinance (Chapter 107)

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:-

3. (1) Every attorney-at-law who has passed the examination conducted by the Council of

Legal Education in conveyancing, after his admission as such attorney-at-law and who has obtained a certificate substantially in Form

B1 set out in the Second Schedule hereto, from an attorney-at-law who has been in active practice as a notary for a consecutive period of at least ten years to the effect that such attorney-at-law has learnt notarial work for a period of one year and is fully acquainted with conveyancing practices, rules and guidelines specified in or under this Ordinance shall be entitled, on an application to a warrant authorizing him to practice as notary in the language in which he has passed the examination in conveyancing, within the judicial zone in which he resides.

Every notary who has been issued a warrant under subsection (1) shall, prior to commencement of practice as a notary, hand over a letter of commencement to the Registrar of the relevant land registry.”.