In case any person shall, in his own name or in the name of any other person, make, do, act, exercise, or execute or perform, any act, matter, or thing whatsoever of or in anywise appertaining or belonging to the office, function, or practice of a public notary, for or in expectation of any gain, fee, or reward, without being able to prove, if required, that he is duly authorized so to do, every such person for every such offence shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty pounds, to be sued for and recovered by action of debt, plaint, or information in F1the High Court, or, if the cause of action shall have arisen in any colony or place to her Majesty belonging out of England, then in the supreme court of law of such colony or place, provided the action for the recovery thereof shall be commenced within twelve months next after the fact committed; and, save so far as they are altered or repealed, or repugnant to the provisions of this Act, the like remedies for recovering thereof, and all other the rules, directions, powers, and provisions contained in the said recited Act, F2and also in the M1Public Notaries Act 1833, shall and may severally and respectively attach and be in force as fully and effectually as if the said penalties were imposed, or the said remedies were given, or the same powers, rules, directions, and provisions were particularly enacted, in or by this Act, or repealed and re–enacted.