Registration of Deeds Act 1856

That in case of mortgages and judgments registered in pursuance of this Act, if at any time afterwards such verified certificate as is hereinafter next mentioned, shall be brought to the said Registrar, signed respectively by the mortgagee or any of the mortgagees, or by the plaintiff or any of the plaintiffs, or in case of the death or absence from the State of all such parties respectively, then by any personal representative or specially authorised agent of all or any of the said parties, and attested by at least 2 credible witnesses, whereby it shall appear that the whole of the moneys due on any such mortgage or judgment have been fully paid, or that such mortgage or judgment is otherwise satisfied, then the said Registrar shall make a short entry or memorandum thereof on the memorial, and on the margent of the registry of such mortgage or judgment, and shall afterwards carefully register the same certificate in one of the register books under this Act; and the said Registrar shall also make an entry thereof in his alphabetical index or indexes, referring accurately to the page of registry of such certificate.

[Section 11 amended: No. 17 of 1974 s. 9; No. 60 of 2006 s. 150(7).]