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N-3 - Notaries Act
Section 78
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78. The fees collected for searches of, copies of or extracts from acts belong to the Order, as the depositary.
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78. The board of directors, or in urgent cases, the president may, subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors, appoint a provisional custodian in respect of joint or shared notarial records if all the notaries who deposit their acts in the notarial records are in a situation described in subparagraphs 1 to 5 of the first paragraph of section 77. If the conditions for the appointment of a provisional custodian do not exist, the board of directors or, as the case may be, the president may prohibit access to the notarial records by any notary that is in any of those situations, and enjoin the other notaries who deposit their acts in the notarial records to take every necessary measure to prevent the notary from having access to the notarial records.
As well, the board of directors, or in urgent cases, the president may, subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors, appoint a provisional custodian in respect of joint or shared notarial records if, in the opinion of the board or president, the preservation of the notarial records is compromised.
The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of section 77 apply.
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78. The executive committee, or in urgent cases, the president may, subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors, appoint a provisional custodian in respect of joint or shared notarial records if all the notaries who deposit their acts in the notarial records are in a situation described in subparagraphs 1 to 5 of the first paragraph of section 77. If the conditions for the appointment of a provisional custodian do not exist, the executive committee or, as the case may be, the president may prohibit access to the notarial records by any notary that is in any of those situations, and enjoin the other notaries who deposit their acts in the notarial records to take every necessary measure to prevent the notary from having access to the notarial records.
As well, the executive committee, or in urgent cases, the president may, subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors, appoint a provisional custodian in respect of joint or shared notarial records if, in the opinion of the committee or president, the preservation of the notarial records is compromised.
The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of section 77 apply.
