6. PRELIMINARY ACTION ON APPLICATION.- (1) The competent authority shall examine every application received by him and, if he is satisfied that the applicant does not possess the qualifications specified in rule 3, or that any previous application for the applicant for appointment as a notary was rejected within six months before the date of the application, shall reject it and inform the applicant accordingly. (2) If the competent authority does not reject the application under sub-rule (1),? (a) Omitted by GSR 870(E), dated 8th. July, 1997( w.e.f. 8.7.1997) (b) He may, if he thinks fit, ascertain from any Bar Council, Bar Association, Incorporated Law Society or other authority in the area where the applicant proposes to practice, the objections, if any, to the appointment of the applicant as notary, to be submitted within the time fixed for the purpose.
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