Section 99
Protest when notary not accessible
Where a dishonoured bill or note is authorized or required to be protested, and the services of a notary cannot be obtained at the place where the bill is dishonoured, any Magistrate of the First Class may give a certificate signed and sealed by him, attesting the dishonour of the bill, and the certificate shall in all respects operate as if it were a formal protest of the bill.
(2)
Any Magistrate acting under subsection (1) shall, as far as may be, be guided by any rules having the force of law for the time being in force which may have been promulgated for the guidance of notaries public.
(3)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may by notification in the Gazette prescribe the fees payable on issue of certificates under subsection (l), and may in like manner prescribe the form of such certificates.