Cap. 55 Art. 22Appointment and duties of Notaries to Government, Assistant Notaries toGovernmentand Notaries Public with the Lands Authority .

(1) There shall be a Chief Notary to Government and one or more Notaries to Government for the Island of Malta and a

Notary to Government for the Islands of Gozo and Comino and there shall also be one or more Notaries Public with the Lands Authority and one or more notaries with the Housing Authority.

(2) The Chief Notary to Government, Notaries to Government,

Notaries Public with the Lands Authority and the Notaries Public with the Housing Authority shall be appointed from among notaries appointed by the President of Malta in accordance with the provisions of Title I of Part II of this Act.

(3) The functions of Chief Notary to Government, Notary to

Government for the Islands of Gozo and Comino, Notary Public with the Lands Authority and the Notaries Public with the Housing

Authority shall consist in receiving those deeds only to which the

Government, any corporate body established by law, or the Notarial

College, or, as may be authorized by the Minister in each case, any partnership or any other body in which the Government of Malta or any such body as aforesaid have a controlling interest or over which they have effective control, is a party, in having the custody of the deeds respectively received by them and in serving out copies and extracts of or from such deeds during their tenure of office.

(4) A Notary to Government for the Island of Malta shall exercise such duties, powers and functions as may be delegated or assigned to him by the Chief Notary to Government.

(5) In the case of absence or other lawful impediment of the Chief Notary to Government or of the Notary to Government for the Islands of Gozo and Comino, the Prime Minister may delegate the Notary to Government for the Islands of Gozo and Comino or the Chief Notary to Government, as the case may be, or one of the Notaries to Government for the Island of Malta, or appoint another notary, to discharge the duties of the Chief Notary to Government or of the Notary to Government for the Islands of Gozo and Comino, as the case may require; and in the case of absence or other lawful impediment of a Notary Public with the Lands Authority or a Notary Public with the Housing Authority, the Prime Minister may delegate one of the Notaries to Government, or appoint another notary, to discharge the duties of the Notary Public with the Lands Authority or of a Notary Public with the Housing Authority, as the case may require.

(6) The office of Chief Notary to Government or of Notary to Government is not incompatible with the office of Archivist and Director or Assistant Director of the Public Registry or Director or Assistant Director of the Land Registry.