Land Registration.
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by any person interested in the property against which the lis pendens has been registered, whether such person is a party to the lis pendens or not.
discharge by
30 & 31 Vict.
21. If an order is made for vacating any such registration, the Land Officer shall, on the filing with him of a memorial and an office copy of such order, enter a discharge of such lis pendens on the register, and may issue certificates of such entry.
Miscellaneous.
c. 47, s. 2.
Deposit of deeds, etc., in
Land Office
for safe
22. It shall be lawful for any person to deposit in the Land Office for safe custody any deed, conveyance, power of attorney, or other instrument in writing whatsoever, or his last will and testament, of which deeds, conveyances, powers of attorney, or other instruments, wills, and testaments the Land Officer shall (first giving a receipt for the same) immediately make an entry in a book to be kept for that purpose, to which book he shall keep an accurate alphabetical index having reference as well to the name of the testator or parties to each such deed or instrument as to the person depositing the same; and the Land Officer shall carefully and securely keep all such deeds, conveyances, powers of attorney, or other instruments, wills, and testaments in his office until required by the party depositing the same to deliver them back again: Provided that every such will or testament shall be enclosed within a cover or envelope, sealed with the seal of the testator, whose name shall be indorsed by the Land Officer thereon, and every such will or testament shall remain in the said office until the decease of the testator, unless he previously requires the same to be delivered back, and on the death of the testator the Land Officer shall (after examining such will or testament) deliver the same to the executor first named therein, or to such other person as may be duly authorized to receive the same.
23. If the Land Officer or any other person employed in the Land Office wilfully neglects or omits to number, register, or enter in manner hereinbefore directed any memorial or certificate delivered into the said office, he shall be liable in damages to the party injured to the extent of the loss or injury sustained.
Penalty on wilful neglect.
officers for
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