Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Mortgages and Charges
84. Discharge of a mortgage, etc., notified on land-register
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An instrument in respect of any future dealing with a mortgage to which this Division applies (including a reconveyance and a conveyance of the mortgagee’s estate or a submortgage), or pursuant to such a mortgage, must not be registered under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 except in respect of any dealing which has been executed by any party to the relevant instrument prior to 1 March 1994.
instrument
“instrument” includes a transfer, lease, mortgage, transmission application, charge and any other application, or any other document in writing relating to any disposition, devolution or acquisition of land or any claim to or vesting of interest in land;
Where the Registrar of Deeds has inadvertently accepted for registration any instrument for any dealing completed after 1 March 1994, the Registrar of Deeds may cancel the registration of the instrument after having given 21 days’ notice to the person who presented the instrument for registration unless in the case of any provisional registration of the instrument, the person has agreed to withdraw the instrument from registration.
Registrar of Deeds
“Registrar of Deeds” means the Registrar of Deeds appointed under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988;