Section 8
Saving
Any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was lawfully entitled to practise as a notary public within Peninsular Malaysia or any part thereof (other than a person entitled to practise as a notary public in the State of Johore by virtue of section 4 of the Notaries Public Ordinance 1947 [Ord.47 of 1947]) shall be deemed to have been appointed a notary public in accordance with this Act to practise as a notary public within Peninsular Malaysia or (if he was entitled to practise only within a part of Peninsular Malaysia) within such part as the case may be.
(2)
(Omitted).
(3)
The name of every person who has been deemed to have been appointed a notary public by virtue of subsection (1) shall, within three months of the coming into force of this Act, or such longer period as the Attorney General may in any particular case permit, be published in the Gazette; and such publication shall be conclusive evidence of the right of every such person to practise as a notary public under this section.