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Vendor or purchaser may obtain decision of Judge in chambers as to requisitions or objections, &c [37 38 Vict., c. 78, a. 9.]
Coples of deeds, &c., to be made by band officer.
Notarially certified copies of powers of attorney,
to be regis- tered.
True Icopies of memorials of doods. &c., registered prior to the
commence- ment of Irdinance to be evidence,
Commence-
ment of
Ordinance.
14. A vendor or purchaser of land, or their representa- tives respectively, may at any time and from time to time apply in a summary manner to a Judge of the Court in Chambers in respect of any requisitions or objections, or any claim for compensation, or any other question arising out of, or connected with the contract not being a question affecting the existence or validity of the contract, and thereupon the judge shall make such order as to him shall appear just, and shall order how and by whom all or any of the costs of and incident to the application shall be borne and paid.
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15. The land officer shall make and retain in the Land Office a copy (certified by him to be a true copy) of every deed, probate, letters of administration, judgment, or other instrument, or writing, whether under seal or not, which shall be registered in the Land Office under Ordinance No. 3 of 1884, or Ordinance No. 10 of 1856, and such certified copy shall be taken to be sufficient evidence of the original deed, probate, letters of administration or other instrument or writing of which it is a certified copy.
16. Where any person shall desire to register in the Land Office any deed, or other instrument, or writing, whether under seal, or not, which shall have been or shall purport to have been executed or signed by the attorney of any party thereto under a power of attorney or other authority in writing such person shall simultaneously with such registration deposit in the Land Office a notarially certified copy of such power of attorney or other authority, and such notarially certified copy shall be taken to be sufficient evidence of the original power of attorney or authority of which it is a notarially certified copy, and any deed or other instrument, or writing, whether under seal or not, which prior to the commencement of this Ordinance shall have been or shall purport to have been executed or signed under or by virtue of any power of attorney or other authority in writing whether such power of attorney or other authority can be produced or not shall, unless and except so far as the contrary be proved, be deemed to have been duly and lawful executed in pursuance of such power of attorney or other authority, and such power of attorney or other authority shall, unless and except so far as the contrary be proved, be deemed to have contained full and sufficient power and authority for the execution or signature of such deed or other instrument or writing.
17. A copy certified by the land officer to be a true copy of the registered memorials of any deed or other instrument or writing which shall have been registered in the Land Office prior to the commencement of this Ordi- nance shall, unless and except so far as the same shall be proved to be inaccurate, be taken to be sufficient evidence of the contents, and due execution of the deed, or other instrument or writing of the memorial of which it is a certified copy.
18. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on the
day of
1885.
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