Cap. 55 Art. 81Fees payable to notary.

(1) The notary is entitled to receive from the parties in respect of every act, copy, extract or declaration as well as in respect of any other professional service under article 2, a fee, in addition to the reimbursement of the expenses and to other accessory charges.

(2) If the act is null or annullable for any cause attributable to the notary, the notary shall not be entitled to any fee or to the reimbursement of the expenses or to any other charge.

(3) The fees and the accessory charges payable to the notary shall be those fixed in the Tariff relating to the Notarial Profession and the Notarial Archives in the Schedule annexed to this Act.

(4) The notary shall, in respect of the services provided in terms of article 84C, be entitled to receive from the transferee the fees fixed in the Tariff and, where there is a contract of engagement, the fees agreed upon in such contract. He shall also be entitled to the reimbursement of all expenses and accessory charges.

(5) Such fees and charges shall be taxed by the court of voluntary jurisdiction, which, for the purpose of taxing the fees due in respect of a will, during the lifetime of the testator, may cause the contents of such will to be examined by its deputy registrar, after administering to him the oath to maintain secrecy in regard to all the provisions of such will.