Deeds and Land Registry (Taking of Acknowledgements) Rules

Deeds and Land Registry (Taking of Acknowledgements) Rules ARRANGEMENT OF RULES 1. Citation. 2. Taking of acknowledgements. DEEDS AND LAND REGISTRY (TAKING OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS) RULES [Section 26.] 1. Citation These Rules may be cited as the Deeds and Land Registry (Taking of Acknowledgements) Rules. 2. Taking of acknowledgements (1) In all cases where a party shall appear before the Registrar of the High Court or before a Magistrate to acknowledge an instrument to be his or her free and voluntary act or deed the Registrar or Magistrate shall, before taking the acknowledgement, satisfy himself or herself that the party fully understands the nature and effect of the instrument. In pursuance of that end the Registrar or Magistrate shall, if necessary, carefully explain to the party the nature and effect of the instrument. (2) The form of the acknowledgement shall be in the following, or as nearly as possible the following words, that is to say: Duly acknowledged before me Registrar of the High Court (or Magistrate District, as the case may be) by personally appearing before me as his or her free and voluntary act and deed, I having previously satisfied myself that the said fully understood the nature and effect thereof (or, as the case may be) I having previously carefully explained to the said the nature and effect thereof. Date Signature Registrar or Magistrate District