1937  Present : Abrahams C.J.

WIJEYSURIYA v. DALPADATU.

420-P. C. Panadure, 41,828.

Notaries Ordinance-Failure to transmit duplicates of deed-Duty of the Registrar-General-Failure of notary to give an explanation-Ordinance No. 1 of 1907, s. 29, Rules 24 and 33-Amending Ordinance No. 10 of 1934, s. 6 (d).

The proviso to section 29 of the Notaries Ordinance does not impose an absolute duty on the Registrar-General to give a notary who has failed to transmit to the Registrar of Lands duplicates of documents in terms of rule 24, a further period of time within which he may comply with the requirements of the rule.

Under rule 33 a Notary is bound to give an explanation in writing of any irregularity, error, or omission which the Registrar-General discovers or thinks he has discovered, and which appears to him to be a breach of the law.
Failure to give an explanation is an offence under section 29 of the Notaries Ordinance.

APPEAL from a conviction by the Police Magistrate of Panadure. H. A. Koattegoda (with him Dodwell Gunawardena), for appellant.

M. F. S. Pulle, C.C., for respondent.

Cur. adv. vult

 September 29, 1937. ABRAHAMS C.J.-