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Evidence

Cap. 194, s. 39 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) A certified copy of the register or part of the Registry Map or any plan or instrument filed in the Registry shall be admissible in evidence in all actions and matters and between all persons or parties, to the same extent as the original, and a signature on any such certified copy purporting to be the signature of the Registrar shall be presumed to be the signature of the Registrar until the contrary is proved. (2) No legal practitioner, trustee, personal representative or other person in a fiduciary position shall be held liable in respect of any loss occasioned by the inaccuracy of any such certified copy as is referred to in sub-section (1). (3) No process for compelling the production of the register, or of the Registry Map, or of any filed instrument or plan, shall issue from any court except with the leave of that court, which leave shall not be granted if a certified copy will suffice, and any such process, if issued, shall bear thereon a statement that it is issued with the leave of the court. 34
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