(1) A Special Notary is liable to disciplinary proceedings:–
(i) when he loses or destroys any books, registers or documents of his office or willfully allows them to be lost or destroyed;
(ii) when he refuses to perform his functions at the right time without just cause;
(iii) where his act is declared false and he is responsible for the falsification;
(iv) when he issues certified copy which is not as per the originals;
(v) when his act is declared void by a court on the ground of lack of jurisdiction of the Special Notary;
(vi) when his act is declared void by a court on the account of incapacity of the parties or their attorneys or representatives, and if he had knowledge of their incapacity at the time the act was performed;
(vii) when his act is declared void by a court for lack of competence of the witnesses and he had knowledge of such fact at the time the act was done;
(viii) when his act is declared void for non-compliance with formal requirement, on grounds other than the lack of competence of witnesses;
(ix) when his act is declared void on account of coercion, and if he had knowledge of the coercion at the time the act was performed or he was a party to the coercion;
(x) when his act is declared void on the ground that he has intentionally induced a party into a mistake.
(2) The Special Notary shall be liable to disciplinary proceedings for any act done in the discharge of his duties in cases not covered in sub-section (1), when the liability arises from a criminal proceeding.