Registration of Deeds Act 1856

That every such certificate shall contain the following particulars, that is to say — in case of judgments, the names (and when known the additions) of the plaintiffs and defendants, the time of entering up and recording the same, the sum or sums thereby recovered, the date or dates of payment or other satisfaction of the amount bona fide due thereon; and in case of mortgages, the names (and when known the additions) of the original parties, the date of the instrument, the sum thereby secured, and the time or times of payment or other satisfaction thereof; and every such certificate shall be verified by the oath of some competent person that the same contains a just and true account of the several particulars therein set forth, which oath may be taken before any justice of the peace in this State or in the British dominions, or before any judge of any court of law in any foreign dominion, who are hereby authorised to administer the same; and on the back of such verified certificate the Registrar shall immediately endorse the date when the same was received by him, and the name and place of abode of the person verifying the same; and the said certificate shall, after being so endorsed and entered as aforesaid, be safely kept in the Authority’s office for future reference when required.

[Section 12 amended: No. 60 of 2006 s. 150(8).]