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2. The Empowering Ordinance 1854.
An Ordinance to Empower the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury to Perform certain Acts, heretofore Performed by the Governor and Lieutenant Governors, of New Zealand, and by the LieutenantGovernor of New Munster.
Whereas by certain Ordinances passed by the Governor-in-Chief, Governors, and
Lieutenant-Governors of New Zealand, and by the Lieutenant-Governor
of New
Munster, enumerated in the Schedule to this Ordinance annexed, certain powers
are vested in the Governor-in-Chief, Governors,
or Lieutenant- Governors, or in
the Officer administering the Government of the Colony, or Province, for the
time being and whereas
it is expedient that such powers should be vested in and
exercised by the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury:
Be it therefore enacted, by the Superintendent of the said Province, with the
advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof,
as follows:—
1. Superintendent empowered to perform certain acts.
Such powers as are, by the several Ordinances recited in the Schedule to this
Ordinance, conferred on the Governor-in-Chief, Lieutenant-Governors,
or
Governors of New Zealand, or on the Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster, or on
the Officer administering the Government of the
Colony, or Province, for the
time being, are hereby, within the limits of the Province of Canterbury,
conferred on the Superintendent
thereof.
2. Saving powers of the Governor.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit or control the Governor
of New Zealand in the exercise of any power heretofore
exercised by his
Excellency under authority of the several Ordinances named in the Schedule to
this Ordinance.
3. Title.
This Ordinance shall be entituled, and may be cited as, " The Empowering
Ordinance, Session II., No. 2."
Schedule To This Ordinance
Session II.
An Ordinance to provide for the Registration of Deeds and Instruments affecting Real Property.
[28th December 1841]
For the purpose of rendering titles to real property more secure and
facilitating the transfer of the same:
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice
and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as
follows:—
I.—Establishment of Register Offices.
1. Register Office.
There shall be established in every county or district as the case may be
within the Colony an office which shall be called " The
Register Office," for
registering in manner hereinafter directed the deeds wills and memorials hereby
authorized to be registered.
2. Registrar.
It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor from time to time to
appoint for each Register Office a fit person to be Registrar
thereof, who shall
hold his office so long as he shall well behave himself therein.
3. Clerks.
It shall be lawful for the Registrar, with the approval of the Governor, from
time to time to appoint so many clerks and subordinate
officers as may be
necessary for the performance of the business of the office, who shall be
removable at the discretion of the Registrar.
4. Security.
Every Registrar shall before entering upon the duties of his office give
security for the due execution thereof in such manner and
to such amount as to
His Excellency the Governor shall seem meet.
5. Seal.
There shall be kept in every Register Office a Seal, of the impression
whereof judicial notice shall be taken in all Courts without
any evidence of
such Seal having been impressed or any other evidence relating thereto.
II.—What to be Registered.
6. Crown Grants, &c.
Every Grant by the Crown of land within the Colony, and every deed or
contract, except as hereinafter mentioned, and every will whereby
such land may
be affected subsequently to the date of such grant, may be registered by causing
a copy thereof to be recorded and
entry thereof to be made in manner hereinafter
provided in the Register Office of the county or district therein such land
shall
be situated: Provided that no lease or agreement for a lease for any time
not exceeding seven years from the date thereof nor any
assignment thereof shall
be registered: Provided also that no instrument shall be registered which shall
relate to the transfer of
any share in any Corporation or Joint Stock Company in
any case where an entry of such transfer shall be made in the books of the
Corporation or Company.
7. Judgments, &c.
Every judgment of the Supreme Court, every suit pending therein, any acceptance of office whereby the person accepting the same shall become an accountant to the Crown, or inquisition by which any debt shall be found due to
Her Majesty, every bankruptcy and insolvency and private Ordinance affecting
any land within the Colony, may be registered by causing
a memorial thereof to
be deposited and entry thereof to be made in manner hereinafter provided in the
Register Office of the county
or district wherein such land shall be
situated.
8. Memorial of Judgment.
The memorial of every judgement whereby the title to any land shall be
affected shall express the date thereof, the title of the cause,
and so much of
the decree or judgment as shall relate to the land affected thereby, and shall
be certified by the Registrar of the
Supreme Court.
9. Memorial of Suit pending.
The memorial of every Suit Pending shall express the date of suit pending of
the commencement thereof, the title of the cause, the
nature and object of the
proceeding, and shall be certified by the signature of the officer before whom
such proceedings have been
commenced.
10. Memorial of Judgment of Debt.
The memorial of every judgement for the recovery of any sum of judgment of
debt. of money shall express the names of the plaintiff
and defendant and the
sum thereby recovered, and the time of signing the same, and shall be certified
by the officer who shall have
signed the judgement, his deputy or
successor.
11. Memorial of Acceptance of Office.
The memorial of every acceptance of such office as aforesaid of shall
express the name of the officer, and of his office, and the
time of his
accepting the same, and shall be certified by the Colonial Secretary.
12. Memorial of Inquisition.
The memorial of every such inquisition as aforesaid shall on inquisition
express the name of the defendant, and the sum thereby found
to be due, and the
date of the same, and shall be certified by the Colonial Secretary.
13. Memorial of Bankruptcy.
The memorial of every bankruptcy shall express the name residence and
condition or calling of the bankrupt and the date of the fiat,
and shall be
certified by the signature of the officer out of whose office such fiat shall
issue.
14. Memorial of Insolvency.
The memorial of every insolvency shall express the name of insolvency
residence and condition or calling of the insolvent, and the
date of the order
by which the insolvent shall have been divested of his property, and shall be
certified by the signature of the
officer in whose office such order shall be
enrolled.
15. Memorial of Private Ordinance.
The memorial of every private Ordinance shall express the title date and
number thereof.
16. Description of Property affected.
Every memorial shall also describe the property to which the same shall
relate, by reference to the marks and numbers by which such
property shall be
designated in any map or plan deposited in the Register Office as hereinafter
provided.
III.—Effect of Registration.
17. Deeds, &c., not registered void as against subsequent Deeds
registered. Every grant by the Crown of land within the Colony,
and every deed
or contract which is hereby authorized to be as aforesaid shall (so far as
regards any land to be affected thereby)
be void as against any person claiming
for valuable consideration under any subsequent deed or contract duly
registered, unless
the prior deed or contract shall have been registered in the
manner directed by this Ordinance before the registration of the subsequent
deed
or contract.
18. Leases, &c.
Every lease or agreement for a lease hereinbefore forbidden to be registered
shall be void as against any person so claiming, so long
as actual possession
shall not go along with such lease or agreement.
19. Wills, &c.
Every will shall (so far as regards land to be affected thereby) be void as against any person claiming for valuable consideration under any deed or contract duly registered made after the death of the testator by his heiratlaw or by any person claiming as his devisee or executor under a former will, or as his administrator either with a former will annexed or otherwise, or by any other person by who such subsequent deed or contract might have been made, if such will as first aforesaid had not been executed, unless such will as first aforesaid shall have been registered in manner directed by this Ordinance before the registration of the subsequent deed or contract: Provided always that every will which shall be
registered within the space of two years after the death of any testator shall be as valid and effectual as if the same had been registered immediately after the
death of such testator.
20. Judgment, &c.
Every judgment suit acceptance of office inquisition bankruptcy insolvency or
private Ordinance shall (so far as regards any land
to be affected thereby) be
void and of no effect as against any person claiming for valuable consideration
under any subsequent deed
or contract duly registered, unless a memorial thereof
shall have been registered in manner directed by this Ordinance before the
registration of the subsequent deed or contract.
21. Notice.
The priority given by the provisions hereinbefore contained to any person
claiming for valuable consideration shall not be taken away
either at law or in
equity in consequence of such person having been affected with notice either
actual or constructive.
22. Voluntary Conveyances.
Every person who shall claim without valuable consideration under any other person who shall have claimed for valuable consideration, shall be entitled to the same protection as the person who shall have claimed for valuable
consideration.
23. Voluntary Conveyance.
A voluntary conveyance being duly registered shall not be defeated by any
subsequent conveyance for valuable consideration, whether
such latter conveyance
shall be registered or not.
24. Deeds or Contract when void.
Every deed or contract, although duly registered, whereby any title shall be
derived or agreed to be derived from any person claiming
under an unregistered
deed, shall be void as against any person claiming for valuable consideration
under any subsequent deed or
contract duly registered, whereby title shall be
derived or agreed to be derived from any person claiming under a deed or
contract
duly registered.
IV.—Mode Of Registration.
25. Maps to be kept.
There shall be deposited in the Register Office of every county or district
maps of all the lands which shall from time to time be
surveyed within the
limits thereof, which maps shall be signed by the SurveyorGeneral of the Colony
and by the Registrar.
26. And distinguished.
Every such map shall be distinguished by a letter or other mark, and the
allotments in every map shall be numbered consecutively from
No. 1
upwards.
27. And Books.
For every such map there shall be opened and kept a book or books to be called
" The Index Book" and marked with the letter or mark of such map.
28. Instruments to contain a delineation of the Land.
Every instrument presented for registration shall, for the purpose of more easily identifying the land to which it shall relate, contain or shall have indorsed thereon
a delineation of the land to which the same shall relate, showing the extent
boundaries and relative position thereof
29. Memorandum on Instrument by Registrar.
Immediately upon the presentation of any instrument for registration, the
Registrar shall in the presence of the party presenting
such instrument number
the same and make a note thereon of the day and hour of the receipt thereof, and
shall stamp the same at the
end of such note with the Seal of the Register
Office. He shall also forthwith in the same presence cause an entry under the
proper
head or title to be made specifying such day and hour and the nature of
the instrument and referring to the book in which a copy
thereof shall be made,
which entry shall be according to the form of the Schedule A hereunto .annexed,
and shall be signed by the
person presenting such instrument as
aforesaid.
30. Instruments to be copied.
The Registrar shall thereupon cause such instrument to be copied at full
length in one of the books to be kept for that purpose.
31. Books of Entry.
Such entry as last mentioned shall be made in one of the books which shall be
appropriated to the map within which the land to which
such instrument shall
relate shall be comprised.
32. Entry how made.
Every such entry shall be made under a head or title, which shall consist of
letters and numbers indicating the allotment or allotments
or part or parts
thereof of which the land to which such entry shall refer shall consist.
33. Order of Entries.
All such entries shall be made in the order in which the Order of which such
entries refer shall have been presented for registration.
34. Head of Entry.
So long as the land in respect of which any entry was originally made shall
remain undivided, all entries relating thereto shall be
placed under the head or
title originally appropriated thereto. Whenever any portion thereof shall be
absolutely alienated, a new
head or title shall be appropriated to such
portion.
35. New Entry.
Whenever any such new head or title shall be formed, the first entry
thereunder shall contain a reference to the original head or
title. Under such
original head or title there shall also be made a reference to such new
head.
36. Mistake in Entries.
Where any mistake shall have been made in any entry, the Registrar shall rectify the same by a new entry in such form as may be convenient, specifying the day
and hour of each correction. The erroneous entry shall not be erased or
obliterated.
V.—Miscellaneous Regulations.
37. Receipts for Instruments.
Every person by whom any instrument shall be brought or sent to the Register
Office for the purpose of registration may require a
receipt for the same, which
receipt shall be stamped with the Seal of the office, and shall specify the
nature and number of the
instrument and the day and hour of the receipt
thereof.
38. Instruments to be compared with copy.
Before any instrument which shall have been registered shall Instrument to be returned to the person who presented the same for registration, such person
shall compare the same with the copy thereof in the books of the office, and
shall sign his name at the foot of such copy as an attestation
of the
correctness thereof.
39. Copies to be supplied.
The Registrar shall supply copies of or extracts from any index to be kept,
or copies of any instruments which shall have been recorded,
or any memorial
which shall have been deposited under the provisions of this Ordinance, to any
person entitled to the same, which
person shall have liberty to examine such
index or recorded copy or deposited memorial for the purpose of satisfying
himself of the
correctness of the copy or extract so supplied.
40. To whom.
Before the Registrar shall supply any such copy or extract, the person
applying for the same shall sign a declaration that such a
copy or extract is
required in respect of land in which he has, or claims, or has contracted for,
some estate or interest, or that
he is a barrister or solicitor employed by some
other person, to be named and described and so interested as aforesaid, or that
he
is the authorized clerk of a barrister or solicitor, to be named and
described, employed as aforesaid.
41. False Declaration.
If any person shall in any such declaration wilfully state anything that
shall be untrue he shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not
less than five pounds
nor more than twenty pounds, to be recovered in a summary way before any Police
Magistrate acting for the county
or district within which such offence shall be
committed.
42. Copy to be certified.
Every copy or extract so supplied as aforesaid shall have written or endorsed thereon a certificate stating that such copy or extract is an examined copy of or
extract from such index or recorded copy or deposited memorial as aforesaid,
and specifying the book and page from which the same is taken, which certificate shall be verified by the Seal of the office. Every copy or extract so verified shall
be admissible as secondary evidence of the contents of the instrument of
which it purports to be a copy or extract.
43. Compulsory Registration.
Any person having an interest in land under any instrument hereby authorized to be registered may require any person in possession thereof to cause the same to be registered, and in case the person in whose possession the same shall be shall refuse so to do, it shall be lawful for any Judge of the Supreme Court, upon
a summary application, to make such order respecting the registration of such
instrument as shall seem meet.
44. Fees.
Every Registrar shall be entitled to receive the fees specified in Schedule B
hereto annexed, or such fees as shall be from time to
time payable in lieu
thereof, by virtue of any order to be made by the Judges of the Supreme Court,
who are hereby authorized to
regulate the same. All fees shall be paid in
advance.
45. Scale.
A table of such fees shall be hung up in some conspicuous place in every
Register Office.
46. Fee Fund.
All fees received under the authority hereof shall be accounted for quarterly
to the Colonial Treasurer or to the Treasurer of the
county or district in which
the Register Office shall be situated. The fees so received shall form a fund
which shall be chargeable
with the salaries of the Registrar and other officers
and with the current or incidental expenses of the office.
47. Rules.
It shall be lawful for every Registrar from time to time to make rules for
regulating the practice of his office: Provided that the
rules so to be made
shall be approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and shall not be
repugnant to any of the provisions
hereinbefore contained.
48. Interpretation Clause.
In the construction of this Ordinance the word "Land" shall extend to any
estate or interest whatever in real property, and the word
"Will" shall extend
to a codicil, and the word " Instrument" shall extend to any Crown Grant, deed,
contract, will, codicil, or any
memorial hereby authorized to be
registered.
49. Commencement.
This Ordinance shall come into operation within any county or district at
such time as His Excellency the Governor, with the advice
of the Executive
Council, shall by Proclamation appoint.
Schedules. Schedule A. General Index
Vol I, A., p100
Map A, Section 5, Number 15.
Receipt of Instrument.Nature of InstrumentDate of InstrumentWhere
recordedReferenceSignature.
General Index
Vol II, A, p19.
Map A, Section 5, Number 15a. Receipt of Instrument
Nature of Instrument Date of Instrument Where
recorded
ReferenceSignature. Schedule B.
Scale of Fees.
For the registration of an instrument 10/- For the recording thereof, for every folio of seventy-two words
4d
For a copy of or extract from and recorded instrument or deposited memorial for every folio of seventy-two words
3d
For every copy or extract from the General Index
6d
For every search or inspection of indices or recorded instruments or deposited memorials
1/-
For comparing if required any instrument with the record thereof by reading over the same with the party registering, for every folio of seventy-two words
1d
For comparing if required any copy or extract supplied
by the Register Office by reading over the same with the party requiring such copy or extract for every folio
of seventy-two words
1d.
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