VALIDATION OF NOTARIAL ACTS PUBLISHED BEFORE 1ST JANUARY 2012 REGULATIONS

VALIDATION OF NOTARIAL ACTS PUBLISHED BEFORE

1ST JANUARY 2012

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 55.13

VALIDATION OF NOTARIAL ACTS PUBLISHED

BEFORE 1ST JANUARY 2012 REGULATIONS

22nd March, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE 72 of 2024.

The title of these regulations is the Validation of Notarial

Acts published before 1st January 2012 Regulations.

A notarial act published before 1st January 2012 and

having one (1) or more of the defects referred to in article 40 of the

Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act and which

(a)

is enrolled in the Public Registry;

(b)

in respect of which a note is filed in the Public

Registry for the registration of a privilege arising from such act

or from a hypothec constituted therein; or

(c)

in respect of which an application is submitted in

the Land Registry for the first registration of, or dealing with

the immovable property which is the subject-matter of the act,

shall be deemed valid subject to the provisions of article 40

Provided that in respect of any such act no action for

annulment was initiated in a competent Court by any one of the parties

to the act within ten (10) years from the date of publication of the said

These regulations shall not apply to notarial acts

(a)

which have been declared null, by a judgment of a

competent Court which has become res judicata, due to any one

of the defects mentioned in article 40 of the Notarial Profession

and Notarial Archives Act; or

(b)

in respect of which an action for nullity is pending

before a competent Court, on account of one or more of the

defects mentioned in article 40 of the Notarial Profession and

Notarial Archives Act, on the date of coming into force of these

regulations.