18.   Any act carried out between 6 November, 2013 and the coming into      force of this Law by a person -

(a)    whose appointment as a notary public lapsed by reason of his not having provided proof of completion of the prescribed training programme by 5 November, 2013; and

(b)   who was acting in purported exercise of the powers  conferred  by  the  Notaries  Public Law, 2013,