Cap. 55 Art. 66Notary’s responsibility for loss, etc., of acts, etc.

(1) The notary shall be responsible for any loss, cancellation, erasure or other injury which, through his fault, may occur in the original acts, annexes, registers or indexes while in his possession.

(2) For the purposes of sub-article (1), the binder who in terms of article 55(8) has in his possession the originals, their annexes, indexes and registers shall, during such time, be subject to the same civil and criminal responsibility as the notary.

(3) For the purposes of this Act and any other law, the notary’s civil and criminal responsiblity in case of disclosure to third parties of confidential information resulting from the originals, their annexes, indexes and registers shall extend to the binder.