Section 161 — Searches by public

(1)Subject to this section, any person may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, have access to the land‑register for the purpose of inspection and search on such days and during such hours and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

(2)Subject to subsection (3), a search made does not extend to original instruments except those evidencing the current proprietorship and subsisting encumbrances.

(3)Where instruments and related documents have been microfilmed or imaged by the Registrar, any person making a search must not be permitted to inspect at the Land Titles Registry the original instruments forming part of the land‑register or filed with the Registrar but may apply for a microprint or a print‑out of such instruments.[8/2014]

(4)A search extends only to such electronic instruments as the Registrar may determine.