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Published on 2024-03-06 02:45:00
Malagasy notaries met at the Radisson Blu yesterday for an experience-sharing session.
Authentic act or notarial act, will, real estate sales, estate act; these are all activities for which there is a great need for notaries.
Notaries understaffed. The Ministry of Justice plans to increase the number of notaries working throughout the island in order to strengthen the important tasks of these state agents. There are few notaries throughout the island even though Madagascar is very vast and its population is close to thirty million people. “We are only sixty-seven in all of Madagascar. This number is very insufficient compared to the needs throughout the Big Island,” reported Maître Andrianjaka Andriamanalina, president of the national chamber of notaries of Madagascar, yesterday.
To address this staff shortage, these seventy notaries are undergoing skills enhancement at the Radisson Blu Hotel since yesterday. This capacity building involves sharing expertise with notaries from Algeria, France, Comoros, Mauritius, and Reunion. The goal is to better understand their missions throughout the Big Island.
This staff shortage leads to several issues in this service. The notary is a trusted person for the beneficiaries. Their role is to secure legal relationships between individuals and guarantee the value of transactions made.
A hundred new notaries. They authenticate official acts and serve as advisors. “These tasks are very important for the community. If there is not enough staff, a notary will be overwhelmed with work and this could pose problems in their activities. However, this work requires a lot of attention,” the president said. The sixty-seven notaries are spread throughout the Big Island. The capital now has eight notaries, provincial capitals have four each, and regions and districts should also have them.
To address this situation, the ministry plans to recruit nearly a hundred new notaries. “We will recruit a hundred new notaries this year to fill this staff shortage. This will be done through a competition,” explained Landy Mbolatiana Randriamanantenasoa, Minister of Justice, yesterday, during the event. The number of people seeking a notary is also increasing, hence the need to fill this gap.
In almost all activities within the community, notaries are of great importance. In the most important acts of individual life, such as wills or real estate sales, and also in business, using a notary helps secure legal relationships between individuals and guarantee the value of transactions made. The law provides for mandatory recourse to a notary in certain areas, such as marriage contracts or divorce by mutual consent.
It is important to note that the profession of a notary requires a lot of work and skills. Notaries must be members of the judiciary, have at least a BAC +4 diploma, and be at least 25 years old. Additionally, for men, national service must be completed.
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