law: Notaries Act, 1952
  9. Bar of practice without certificate
  (1) Subject to the provisions of this section,
  
  no person shall practice as a notary or do any notarial 
  
  act under the official seal of a notary unless he holds a certificate of
  
  practice in force issued to him under section 5:
  PROVIDED that nothing in this sub-section shall
  
  apply to the presentation of any promissory note, hundi 
  
  or bill of exchange for acceptance of payment by the clerk of a notary acting
  
  on behalf of such notary.
  (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1)
  
  shall, until the expiry of two years from the commencement of this Act, apply
  
  to any such person as is referred to in proviso to clause (d) of section 2:
  PROVIDED that in relation to the State of Jammu
  
  and Kashmir the said period of two years shall be computed from the date on
  
  which this Act comes into force in the State.