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← Bills of Sale Act 1886

Bills of Sale Act 1886 s 10

s 10 Mode of registering bills of sale

10.—(1) A bill of sale shall be attested and registered under this Act as provided in this section. (2) The execution by the grantor of every bill of sale shall be attested —(a) by an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court not being the advocate and solicitor of the grantee; (b) by a Magistrate or by the Registrar or the Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court; (c) by a commissioner for oaths; or (d) by the registrar or deputy registrar hereinafter mentioned, who shall personally explain to the grantor the effect thereof, and the attestation shall state that before the execution of the bill of sale the effect thereof was so explained as aforesaid. (3) Such bill, with every schedule or inventory thereto annexed, and also a true copy of such bill and of every such schedule or inventory and of every attestation of the execution of the bill, together with a statutory declaration of the time when the bill was executed by the grantor and of its due execution and attestation, and a description of the residence and occupation of the grantor, or in case the same is made or given by any person under or in the execution of any process, then a description of the residence and occupation of the person against whom such process issued, and of the grantee, and of every attesting witness to the bill, shall be presented to, and the said copy and declaration shall within 3 clear days after the execution by the grantor of the bill be filed with the registrar of bills of sale, who is hereinafter referred to as the registrar. (4) If the bill of sale is made or given subject to any defeasance or condition or declaration of trust not contained in the body thereof, such defeasance, condition or declaration shall be deemed to be part of the bill and shall be written on the same paper therewith before the registration, and shall be truly set out in the copy filed under this Act therewith and as part thereof, otherwise the registration shall be void.

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