Cap. 55 Art. 70Procedure to be followed in case of death, cessation from exercise of office, suspension or absence of a notary.

(1) On the death of a notary, or where a notary has ceased from the exercise of his office or has been suspended therefrom in terms of articles 14 and 15(1), or is about to leave Malta, the acts received by him with the respective registers and indexes shall be deposited in the Archives, unless the Court of Revision of Notarial

Acts shall have appointed a notary to be the keeper or custodian of such acts or registers, on the demand of the heirs of the deceased notary, or of the lawful owners of his registers or, as the case may be, of the notary himself who has ceased from exercising his office or has been suspended or incapacitated therefrom or is about to leave Malta.

(2) In the case of rehabilitation of the notary in accordance with the provisions of article 14(2), or of cessation of the suspension inflicted upon him in terms of article 15(1), or of his return to Malta, the notary may apply to the said court for the restitution of the aforesaid registers and indexes.