The Real Property Act

The Real Property Act, C.C.S.M. c. R30 bilingual version (HTML) Table of Contents Section 1 Definitions 2 Meaning of certain expressions 3 Objects of Act SERVICE PROVIDER 3.1 LG in C may designate service provider 3.2 Collection and retention of fees 3.3 Not Crown agent 3.4 Service provider's duties 3.5 Government records 3.6 Collection, use and disclosure of information 3.7 Conflict of interest policy 3.8 Employment of district registrars not practice of law 3.9 Employment of examiners not practice of land surveying 3.10 Agreement respecting designation and LAND TITLES DISTRICTS AND OFFICES 4 Designating districts and offices 5 Buildings 6 Old registrations continue 7 Certain registrations invalid 8 Effect after change of system 9 Certified copies for new districts 10 Effect of change of district 11 Office and registration hours 11.1 Payment of prescribed fees revocation of officials OFFICIALS 12 Appointment of Registrar-General 12.1 Deputy Registrar-General 12.2 Qualifications 12.3 Reference to Registrar-General 13 Designation of district registrars 13.1 Designation of Examiner of Surveys 13.2 Disclosure 14 Daily record and serial numbers of instruments presented for registration 15 Certain books part of record 16-19 Repealed 20 District registrar as witness 21 Repealed POWERS AND DUTIES OF DISTRICT REGISTRARS 22 Powers of district registrar, special examiner, evidence of documents 23 Correcting instrument or certificate 24 Summons by district registrar 25 Form and enforcement of summons 26 Dispensing with production of duplicate title APPLICATIONS UNDER THE ACT CROWN GRANTS 27 Land granted by Crown 28 Issue of certificate of title WHERE LANDS UNDER OLD SYSTEM 29 Application to register under new system 30 Effect of and filing application, vacating prior claims 31 Lands permitted in one application 32 Plan of survey may be required, land subject to mortgage 33 Undivided interests 34 Application on behalf of infant or person of unsound mind 35 Issuance of certificate in name of other person 36 Withdrawal of application 37 Rejection of application 38 Application for additional lands where grantee has part of grantor's holding 39 Entry in old system on withdrawal or rejection 40 Direction where withdrawal or rejection 41 Service on adverse claimants, substitutional service 42 Patents accepted as final 43 Issue of certificate 44 Day when registration under old system ineffective TAX SALE APPLICATIONS 45 Application by tax purchaser 46 Cancellation of certificate 47 Mines and minerals vested in Crown TRANSMISSIONS 48 Transmission on death, granting of expropriated land 49 Assignment to creditors, Custodian of Enemy Property 50 Joint tenancies 51 Title by accretion ISSUING CERTIFICATES OF TITLE 52 Form and issuance of title, duplicate certificate, successive transfers 53 Repealed 54 Date of certificate of title 55 Certificate to executor 56 Uncancelled titles, repair of books 57 Cancellation of certificate, regranting lands EFFECT OF CERTIFICATES 58 Restrictions 59 Certificate as proof of entitlement 60 Title, etc. as evidence 61 Where adverse possession 62 Where action of ejectment permitted REGISTRATION OF TITLES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS 63 Application and filing of registration 64 Priority of registration 65 Effect of certificate of registration, issuance of new certificate 66 Instruments unfit for registration or in old form, registration required 66.1 Instrument affecting Crown oil and gas rights 67 Land to be in same district, exceptions 68 Disclaimer of interest where registration without owner's consent 69 Entries in General Register re debtor's land 70 Entries in Deposit Register 71 Registration in Deposit Register 72 Evidence necessary for registering instruments 72.1 Evidence required for each instrument 72.2 Party cannot also witness execution 72.3 Affidavit, etc., not to be sworn before party 72.4 Proving execution of instruments 72.5 Transfers executed within Canada 72.6 Transfers executed outside Canada 72.7 Mortgages executed within Canada 72.8 Mortgages executed outside Canada 72.9 Execution of other instruments 72.10 Remote witnessing 73 Address for mailing 74 Priority where claims against instrument presented for registration 75 General register maintained to 1989, registrations and renewals of instruments 76 Party wall, right of way and easement agreements 76.1 Definition of "registered owner" 76.2 Registration of development scheme 76.3 Effect of registration 76.4 Changes ordered by Municipal Board 76.5 Conforming construction agreements 77 Implied covenants in transfer 77.1 Definitions 77.2 Personal covenant in residential mortgage 77.3 Liability ceases on approval of new mortgagor 77.4 Service in accordance with mortgage or K.B. Rules 78 Unregistered instrument 79 Severance of joint tenancy 80 Protection for person accepting transfer 81 No entry of trusts in register 82 Further to implied covenants 83 Power of attorney 84 Death between execution and registration TRANSFERS 85 Transfer of land 86 Restrictions on fractional interests 87 Order in Council deemed a transfer 88 Transfer to self and other jointly, executor may transfer to self 89 Instrument from receiver 90 Words of limitation not necessary LEASES 91 Form of lease and surrender of lease, renewal of lease 92 Implied covenants 93 Implied powers in lessor 94 Notation of re-entry by lessor 95 Consent of mortgagee to lease MORTGAGES AND ENCUMBRANCES 96 Mortgages and encumbrances 97 Mortgages to secure future liability 98 Mortgage does not transfer land 99 Registration in application 100 Production and destruction of duplicate title, request for certificate of charge 101 Transfer of mortgage, encumbrance or lease, mortgage of mortgage 102 Assignment of mortgage 103 Discharge of mortgage 104 Discharge of encumbrance 105 Repayment of mortgage moneys 105.1 Interest holder to register discharge of interest 106 Mortgage barred by Limitation of Actions Act 107 Registrar-General may discharge after repayment 108 Notice of builders' lien 109 Registration of postponement 110 Variation of mortgage or encumbrance 111 Right registrable as statutory easement 111.1 Right becomes statutory easement on registration 111.2 Rights analogous to easements 111.3 Limitation on assignment or transfer 111.4 Discharge of statutory easement 111.5 District registrar may vacate statutory easements 112 Issue of statutory easement titles 113 Mortgagee's rights 114 Mortgagee may lease land 115 Acceleration clause not binding if arrears paid 116 Interpretation of encumbrances PLANS 117 Plans of subdivision 118 Consents 119 Plans dedicating streets, title to streets and Crown and public reserve 120 Certain sales may be rescinded 121 Plans for simplifying descriptions (special plot) 122 Correction of registered plan 123 Certifying copies of plans 124 Plans for opening roads and drains 125 Plans of right-of-way 126 Railway lands 127 Plan of survey may be required 128 Criteria for plans 129 Verification of survey 130 Waiving requirements on Crown land 131 Copies of plans 132 Use of International System of Units 133 Air space parcels PROCEEDINGS IN LAND TITLES OFFICES MORTGAGE SALE AND FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS 134 Notice of sale on default and effect of pending litigation order 135 Application for order to sell 136 Conveyance and application of purchase money 137 Vesting of title in purchaser 138 Foreclosure 139 Notice that land for sale, foreclosure order 140 Notice of sale proceedings 141 Land subject to registered instruments 142 Statutory declaration with order for sale or foreclosure 143 Taxation of cost 144 Rules CAVEATS ON APPLICATION TO BRING LAND UNDER NEW SYSTEM 145 Who may file caveat 146 Duty of district registrar on filing 147 Lapse of caveat CAVEATS AFTER LAND IS BROUGHT UNDER NEW SYSTEM 148 Caveat after title under new system 148.1 Caveat — right to have registration revised 149 Caveats under Bank Act 150 Notice to proceed, stay of dealing with land 151 Extension of time 152 Effect of caveat PROPERTY CONTROLS — GROCERY STORES AND SUPERMARKETS 152.1 Definitions 152.2 Registrar-General may order discharge 152.3 Review by minister 152.4 No compensation CAVEATS GENERALLY 153 Notice to caveatee 154 Contents of caveat 155 Priority secured by caveat 156 Assignment of caveats 157 Discharge or vacating of caveats 158 Lapse of caveats with specific dates 158.1 Lapse of development schemes 159 Expiry of building restriction caveats and development schemes 160 Liability for wrongful caveat 161 Proceedings before lapse of caveat 162 Proceedings to establish claim 163 Application to discharge caveat before caveator takes proceedings 164 Proceeding after disposal of caveat 165 Filing new caveat after withdrawal SERVICE OF NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS 166 Service as in suits 167 Corporations or partnerships 167.1 Notice may be by mail 168 Notice where person has died 169 Repealed PROCEEDINGS BEFORE REGISTRAR-GENERAL 169.1 Applicable proceedings 169.2 Orders made by Registrar-General 169.3 Appeal of Registrar-General's order 169.4 Registrar-General's report and confirmation by court order 169.5 Registrar-General declines to hear or determine application PROCEEDINGS GENERALLY 170 Not void for informality or irregularity 171 Proceedings not abated by death 172 Infant or person of unsound mind JURISDICTION OF COURT BY WAY OF APPEAL 173 Appeal from decision of district registrar 174 Certain problems referred to judge by Registrar-General 175 Witnesses and appeal IN ACTIONS GENERALLY 176 Order by judge to district registrar 177 Jurisdiction over trusts, mortgages and debentures 178 Owner to allow use of name 179 Documents as evidence 180 Instruments from Land Titles Office admissible, custody of duplicatecertificate and register 181 Repealed COMPENSATION 182-182.1 Repealed 183 Amount of compensation re estate or interest in land 184 Time limit 185 Fraud or wrongful act bar to compensation 186 No compensation if caveat not registered 187 No compensation if notice of severing joint tenancy 188 No compensation re district registrar's notice 189 No compensation if relying on duplicate title 190 Actions — trusts, corporations and municipalities 191 Effect of compensation order 192 Compensation payable from Consolidated Fund MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 192.1 Subrogation 192.2 Liability protection 193 Penalties 193.1 Forms approved by Registrar-General 194 Effect of statement set out in a document 195 Regulations 196 Repealed HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: Definitions 1 In this Act, and in instruments purporting to be made or registered under this Act, unless the context otherwise requires "certificate of title" means a certificate issued by the district registrar in the form approved by the Registrar-General; (« certificat de titre ») "court" means His Majesty's Court of King's Bench for Manitoba; (« tribunal ») "crown reserve" means land which vests in the Crown which is not dedicated to the public; (« réserve de la Couronne ») "development scheme" means a development scheme affecting two or more parcels of land that is established by a declaration or agreement registered under section 76.2; (« projet d'aménagement ») "electronic information system" means the electronic information system of the land titles offices; (« système d'information électronique ») "encumbrance" means a charge or lien on land other than a mortgage, and includes an hypothecation of the charge or lien; (« charge ») "encumbrancer" means the owner of an encumbrance; (« bénéficiaire de charge ») "fraud" includes forgery; (« fraude ») "in an approved form" means in a form approved by the Registrar-General; (« formule approuvée ») "instrument" means a certificate of title, title, certificate of search or charge, book, record, plan, or data stored in the electronic information system, relating to a dealing with land, or creating a mortgage, encumbrance, or lien thereon, or evidencing title thereto and includes any duplicate of the instrument; (« instrument ») "issuing of certificate of title" or "issuing title" means the signing of a certificate of title or the acceptance of a title by the district registrar; (« délivrance de certificat de titre » ou « délivrance de titre ») "judge" means a judge of the court; (« juge ») "land" means land, messuages, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, of every kind and description, whatever the estate or interest therein, and whether legal or equitable, together with all paths, passages, ways, watercourses, liberties, privileges, and easements, appertaining thereto, and all trees and timber thereon, and all mines, minerals, and quarries, unless specially excepted; (« bien-fonds ») "land registration system" means the new system or the old system; (« système d'enregistrement foncier ») "land registry service" means a service relating to a land registration system that is provided by or on behalf of the government; (« service d'enregistrement foncier ») "lease" includes a sub-lease; (« bail ») "minister" means the member of the Executive Council charged by the Lieutenant Governor in Council with the administration of this Act; (« ministre ») "mortgage" means a charge on land created for securing a debt existing, future or contingent, or a loan, and includes an hypothecation of the charge; (« hypothèque ») "mortgagee" means the owner of a mortgage; (« créancier hypothécaire ») "mortgagor" means the owner of land subject to a mortgage; (« débiteur hypothécaire ») "new system" means the system of registration provided by this Act; (« nouveau système ») "old system" means the system of registration provided by The Registry Act ; (« ancien système ») "owner" means a person registered under this Act as owner of land or of a mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, whether entitled thereto in his own right or in his representative capacity and in the case of a title, includes without specific mention, an owner of an estate in fee simple in possession; (« propriétaire ») "person of unsound mind" means a person, not an infant, who is incapable, from infirmity of mind, of managing his own affairs; (« faible d'esprit ») "personal information" means personal information within the meaning of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act ; (« renseignements personnels ») "prescribed" means prescribed by regulation; (Version anglaise seulement) "public reserve" means land which vests in a municipality and which is dedicated to the public; (« réserve publique ») "register" means the books kept in a land titles office in which certificates of title are entered and includes the electronic information system where data concerning titles are entered and accepted; (« registre ») "service provider" means a person, partnership or entity designated under section 3.1; (« fournisseur de services ») "statutory easement" means (a) an easement in respect of a right granted by an instrument that is registered under subsection 111.1(2), and (b) a right deemed to be a statutory easement under subsection 111.2(2); (« servitude législative ») "title" means data entered in the electronic information system which conforms to the form of the title as provided in the regulations and given accepted status by the district registrar; (« titre ») "transmission" means the passing of title to land, mortgages, encumbrances, or leases, in any manner other than by transfer from the owner. (« transmission ») S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 94 ; S.M. 2004, c. 42, s. 47 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 2 ; S.M. 2012, c. 40, s. 39 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 2 ; S.M. 2019, c. 5, s. 26 . Meaning of "issued under this Act" 2(1) Wherever in this Act reference is made to a certificate of title "issued under this Act" it shall be construed to include all certificates of title issued under any Real Property Act previously in force in the province. Reference to "certificate of title" 2(2) Where in this or any other Act, or in any regulation made thereunder, the expression "certificate of title" is used that expression shall be deemed to include a title issued under this Act and the expression "duplicate certificate of title" includes duplicate title. Reference in other Acts 2(3) Where in any other Act or in any regulation made under that Act, the word "memorial" or "memorandum" is used, they shall be deemed to include any memorial, memorandum or entry under the Act. Meaning of joint tenants 2(4) The expression "as joint tenants" where used in this Act or in a title, instrument or other document means as joint tenants and not as tenants in common. Subject to new system 2(5) The expression "subject to the new system" means that no registration affecting title to land may be made other than under the new system. When registration is completed and takes effect 2(6) Registration of an instrument which is registrable under this Act is completed by (a) the certificate of registration being signed by the district registrar; or (b) the data being entered in the electronic information system and given accepted status (i) by the district registrar, or (ii) in respect of a prescribed type of instrument, in the circumstances specified in the rules of practice made under subsection 12(3); and takes effect from the day the instrument is assigned a serial number. Deemed given by district registrar 2(6.1) If accepted status is given under subclause (6)⁠(b)⁠(ii), it is deemed to have been given by the district registrar. Extent of lien 2(7) Where, under this or any other Act of the Legislature, an instrument binds and forms or purports to bind and form, a lien and charge on the lands of a debtor, that instrument when registered in the general register of a Land Titles Office binds and charges only the lands of the debtor named in the instrument and registered at that Land Titles Office in the identical name of the debtor as set out in the instrument. Equitable doctrines about notice abolished 2(8) The equitable doctrines known as "notice" and "constructive notice" are abolished for the purpose of determining if conduct is fraudulent under the Act. S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 2 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 3 ; S.M. 2022, c. 19, s. 6 . OBJECTS OF THE ACT Objects of the Act 3 The objects of this Act are to simplify the title to land, to give certainty thereto, to facilitate the proof thereof, and to expedite dealings therewith; and the Act shall be construed in a manner to best give effect to those objects. SERVICE PROVIDER LG in C may designate service provider 3.1 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation designate a person, partnership or other entity as a service provider to provide one or more land registry services on behalf of the government. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . Collection and retention of fees 3.2(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation authorize a service provider to (a) collect on behalf of the government the fees payable under this Act, The Registry Act and any other Act specified by the minister; and (b) despite Part 3 of The Financial Administration Act , retain for its own account all or a portion of the fees as compensation for providing land registry services on behalf of the government. Retained amount 3.2(2) An amount retained by a service provider in accordance with a regulation under subsection (1) is not public money for the purpose of The Financial Administration Act . S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . Not Crown agent 3.3 Subject to the regulations, a service provider is not an agent of the Crown. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . Service provider's duties 3.4 A service provider must ensure that any person employed by it to provide land registry services fulfills his or her obligations under this Act. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . Government records 3.5(1) Every record created or received by a service provider for the purpose of providing land registry services is deemed to be a government record under The Archives and Recordkeeping Act . Public access 3.5(2) Every record respecting the provision of land registry services is deemed to be under the control of the minister for the purpose of Part 2 of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act . Confidential records 3.5(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to (a) a trade secret of the service provider; or (b) commercial, financial, labour relations, scientific or technical information of a service provider that the service provider has treated consistently as confidential. Service provider must provide records to minister 3.5(4) If a request for access to a record to which subsection (2) applies is made under Part 2 of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act , the service provider must (a) provide the minister, or a person appointed by the minister, with the record and any other record the minister considers necessary to respond to the request for access; and (b) cooperate with the minister in responding to the request. Definition of "record" 3.5(5) In this section, "record" means a record of information in any form, including electronic form, but does not include a mechanism or system for generating, sending, receiving, storing or otherwise processing information. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . Collection, use and disclosure of information 3.6(1) A service provider may collect, use and disclose personal information to the extent necessary for the purpose of providing land registry services on behalf of the government. Protection of privacy 3.6(2) A service provider must, with respect to personal information collected or retained by it to provide land registry services, comply with the restrictions and obligations respecting personal information set out in Part 3 of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act . Privacy policy 3.6(3) A service provider must establish a policy, acceptable to the minister, to protect (a) the confidentiality, security, accuracy and integrity of personal information collected or retained by it to provide land registry services; and (b) the privacy of the persons whom the personal information is about. Publication of policy 3.6(4) The service provider must make the policy established under subsection (3) available to the public. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . Conflict of interest policy 3.7(1) A service provider must establish, and make available to the public, a conflict of interest policy that is acceptable to the minister. Content of policy 3.7(2) The conflict of interest policy must (a) include a process for identifying and avoiding conflicts between an employee's personal interests and the interests of the public; (b) prohibit an employee from using information obtained in the course of their employment for personal gain; (c) address potential conflicts between the service provider's interests, including the interests of its affiliates, and the interests of the public; (d) prohibit a district registrar or a deputy district registrar from (i) practising as a conveyancer, or (ii) advising or otherwise acting for a person in relation to an instrument or title, except in the performance of his or her duties as a district registrar or deputy district registrar; (e) prohibit the Examiner of Surveys from practising as a land surveyor, except in the performance of his or her duties as the Examiner of Surveys; and (f) include other measures required by the minister. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . Employment of district registrars not practice of law 3.8 Despite The Legal Profession Act , a service provider is not by reason only of its employee's performance of the duties of a district registrar considered to be practising law within the meaning of that Act. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . Employment of examiners not practice of land surveying 3.9 Despite The Land Surveyors Act , a service provider is not by reason only of its employee's performance of the duties of the Examiner of Surveys considered to be engaged in the practice of land surveying within the meaning of that Act. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . Agreement respecting designation and revocation of officials 3.10 If the land registry services for which a district registrar or the Examiner of Surveys is responsible are provided by a service provider, the designations and revocations of a designation under sections 13 and 13.1 may be governed by an agreement between the government and the service provider. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 3 . LAND TITLES DISTRICTS AND OFFICES Land titles district 4(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may constitute such portions of the province as he deems proper into land titles districts, and may change the boundaries thereof. Land titles office 4(2) In each district, at such places as the Lieutenant Governor in Council appoints, there shall be an office to be called "The Land Titles Office for (insert here the name of the district)". Present districts and offices continued 4(3) The present land titles districts and offices shall continue until changed under this Act. 5 [Repealed] S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 4 . Old registrations continue 6 Instruments, books, records, documents, plans, and other papers, and registrations made in a registration district prior to the transfer of the territory thereof to a land titles district, continue to have the same effect on and after the date of the transfer, as if this Act or any former Act styled The Real Property Act had not been passed. Certain registrations invalid 7 No registration made under the old system affects land that is subject to or under the new system, nor does a registration under the new system affect land that is not subject to, or under, the new system. Effect after change of system 8 No registration made in a registration district prior to the date when it, or any part of it, has become incorporated into a land titles district, or in the office of a land titles district prior to the date when a portion thereof is added to some other district, has, after that date, the effect of binding land other than the land that would have been bound or affected thereby had that registration district not been brought into a land titles district, or that portion of a land titles district not been added to some other district. Certified copies for new districts 9 A district registrar may furnish originals or certified copies of registers, books, or instruments, or of certified copies of registers, books, or instruments, in his office, affecting lands formerly within his district or under his control, upon the lands being added to, or formed into, another land titles district; and all such originals or certified copies are of the same force and effect, when deposited in the office of the new district, as if they were originals and had been originally registered, deposited, or kept, in that office. Effect of change of district 10 Where the area included in a land titles district, or in a part thereof, is transferred to, and becomes part of, another land titles district, all certificates of judgment registered prior to the transfer cease to form a lien or charge on land within the area so transferred at the time at which they would, under The Judgments Act cease to form a lien or charge on the land, if the area aforesaid were not so transferred, unless before that time they are re-registered, as provided in The Judgments Act , in the land titles office for the land titles district to which the area is transferred. Office and registration hours 11(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing the days and times during which (a) land titles offices must be open; and (b) instruments must be received for registration by a land titles office. 11(2) [Repealed] S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 5 . Closing on other days 11(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may order that any land titles office be closed during the whole or part of any day that he deems is generally observed as a public holiday in the municipality in which the land titles office is situated. Effect of order 11(4) An order made under subsection (3) may apply to a designated day in every year or in any one or more years, specified in the order. S.M. 1995, c. 27, s. 2 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 5 . Payment of prescribed fees 11.1 A person for whom a land registry service is provided must pay the fee prescribed for that service. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 6 . OFFICIALS Appointment of Registrar-General 12(1) A Registrar-General must be appointed under Part 3 of The Public Service Act . Oversight by Registrar-General 12(2) The Registrar-General must exercise general oversight of the land registration systems. Registrar-General's rules of practice 12(3) The Registrar-General may make, amend and repeal rules of practice that relate to the land registration systems. Compliance with rules 12(4) A district registrar, the Examiner of Surveys and any other person providing a land registry service must comply with the rules under subsection (3). Delegation of duties 12(5) The Registrar-General may delegate any of his or her powers or duties to any person employed by the government, except the power to make regulations or rules of practice. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 4 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 8 ; S.M. 2021, c. 11, s. 124 . Deputy Registrar-General 12.1(1) One or more deputy Registrars-General may be appointed under Part 3 of The Public Service Act . A deputy has the powers, and may perform the duties, of the Registrar-General. Deputy to assist Registrar-General 12.1(2) A deputy Registrar-General is to assist the Registrar-General in the performance of his or her duties. If the Registrar-General is absent, or unable to act, or if there is no Registrar-General, a deputy must act in the Registrar-General's place. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 8 ; S.M. 2021, c. 11, s. 124 . Qualifications 12.2 A person is eligible to be the Registrar-General or a deputy Registrar-General only if the person is a lawyer and a member of The Law Society of Manitoba. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 8 . Reference to Registrar-General 12.3 A district registrar or the Examiner of Surveys may ask the Registrar-General for an opinion on a point of law or practice. A district registrar and the Examiner of Surveys must act in accordance with an opinion given by the Registrar-General. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 8 . Designation of district registrars 13(1) For each district, the Registrar-General must designate a district registrar. Designation of deputy district registrars 13(2) The Registrar-General may designate one or more deputy district registrars. Revocation of designation 13(3) The Registrar-General may revoke a designation made under this section. Qualifications 13(4) A person is eligible to be a district registrar or deputy district registrar only if the person (a) is a lawyer and a member of The Law Society of Manitoba; and (b) is employed by a service provider or appointed under Part 3 of The Public Service Act . District registrars and deputies interchangeable 13(5) Every district registrar and deputy district registrar has the powers of, and may perform the duties of, the district registrar of each land titles district. Deputy to assist district registrar 13(6) A deputy district registrar is to assist the district registrar in the performance of his or her duties. If the district registrar is absent, or unable to act, or if there is no district registrar for a district, a deputy or another district registrar must act in the district registrar's place. Delegation of duties 13(7) Subject to the regulations, a district registrar may delegate any of his or her powers or duties under this or any other Act to any person employed in a land titles office. A district registrar must ensure that a delegated power is properly exercised and that a delegated duty is performed in accordance with this Act. S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 94 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 5 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 8 ; S.M. 2021, c. 11, s. 124 . Designation of Examiner of Surveys 13.1(1) The Registrar-General must designate an Examiner of Surveys. Designation of deputy examiners of surveys 13.1(2) The Registrar-General may designate one or more deputy examiners of surveys. Revocation of designation 13.1(3) The Registrar-General may revoke a designation made under this section. Qualifications 13.1(4) A person is eligible to be the Examiner of Surveys or a deputy examiner of surveys only if the person (a) is a Manitoba land surveyor as defined in The Land Surveyors Act ; and (b) is employed by a service provider or appointed under Part 3 of The Public Service Act . Powers and duties of deputy 13.1(5) Each deputy examiner of surveys has the powers of, and may perform the duties of, the Examiner of Surveys. Deputy to assist Examiner of Surveys 13.1(6) A deputy examiner of surveys is to assist the Examiner of Surveys in the performance of his or her duties. If the Examiner of Surveys is absent, or unable to act, or if there is no Examiner of Surveys, a deputy must act in the Examiner of Surveys' place. Delegation of duties 13.1(7) Subject to the regulations, the Examiner of Surveys may delegate any of his or her powers or duties under this or any other Act to any person employed in a land titles office. The Examiner of Surveys must ensure that a delegated power is properly exercised and that a delegated duty is performed in accordance with this Act. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 8 ; S.M. 2021, c. 11, s. 124 . Disclosure 13.2(1) A district registrar, the Examiner of Surveys or any other person performing the duties of a district registrar or the Examiner of Surveys may advise the Registrar-General if they become aware of a failure to comply with this or any other Act relating to a land registration system. No adverse employment action 13.2(2) A service provider must not take any of the measures listed in subsection (3) against an employee by reason only that (a) the employee has, in good faith, provided information to the Registrar-General in accordance with subsection (1); or (b) the service provider believes that the employee will do so. Prohibited measures 13.2(3) The measures prohibited by subsection (2) are (a) a disciplinary measure; (b) a demotion; (c) termination of employment; (d) any measure that adversely affects the employee's employment or working conditions; and (e) a threat to take any of the measures referred to in clauses (a) to (d). Complaint to Manitoba Labour Board 13.2(4) An employee of a service provider who alleges that a prohibited measure has been taken against him or her may file a written complaint with The Manitoba Labour Board. Sections 28 and 29 of The Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act apply with necessary changes to a complaint under this subsection. Annual report 13.2(5) The annual report that the department presided over by the minister must file under section 29.1 of The Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act must include the number of disclosures received by the Registrar-General under this section and any corrective action taken or direction given as a result of a disclosure. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 8 ; S.M. 2018, c. 4, s. 33 . Daily record of district registrar 14(1) The district registrar shall record and make all entries of every instrument presented for registration, assign a serial number to the instrument and record any other data specified in the rules under subsection 12(3), in the order in which it was presented together with the date of presentation; and the record of these entries shall be called the daily record. Serial number of rejected instrument 14(2) If an instrument is rejected, the serial number assigned to it upon registration shall be cancelled and if the same instrument is again presented for registration it shall be assigned a new serial number in the order in which it was presented for the subsequent registration and it shall be entitled to priority according to the new serial number assigned at that time. S.M. 1995, c. 27, s. 3 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 9 . Certain books 15 The fee book, receiving book and transfer journal kept in a land titles office shall be deemed to be a part of the daily record, and any entry made in the fee book, receiving book or transfer journal shall be deemed to be an entry made in the daily record. 16 [Repealed] S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 6 . 17(1) [Repealed] S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 10 . 17(2) [Repealed] S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 35 . S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 35 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 10 . 18 [Repealed] S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 2 . 19 [Repealed] S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 10 . 20(1) [Repealed] S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 11 . Books in another office 20(2) A district registrar may produce in court a book, record or instrument from the office of any other district registrar or of any registrar, and the book, record or instrument shall be deemed to have been produced by the proper officer and from the proper custody. Production of certified copies 20(3) Where a district registrar is required to produce in any court any certificate of title or other document, unless the judge or presiding officer of the court otherwise orders, the requirement is, as provided in section 180, satisfied by the production by the district registrar of a copy of the certificate of title or document, certified by the district registrar to be a true copy of the original of which it purports to be a copy, or by the production by the district registrar of an extract of the information stored in the electronic information system relating to that title or document and certified by the district registrar to be a true and accurate extract of that information. Cost of certified copies 20(4) The person requiring the attendance of the district registrar as a witness must pay the prescribed fee for each certified copy produced in accordance with subsection (3). S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 35 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 7 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 11 . 21 [Repealed] S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 8 . POWERS AND DUTIES OF DISTRICT REGISTRARS Powers 22(1) In addition to the other powers conferred under this Act, a district registrar may, (a) enter a caveat to prohibit the transfer or dealing with any land, mortgage, encumbrance or lease belonging, or supposed to belong, to the Crown or to a person under disability, and also to prohibit the dealing with any land, mortgage, encumbrance or lease where it appears to him that an error has been made in a certificate of title or other instrument, or for the prevention of error or of fraud or improper dealing; (b) summon a person to produce before him an instrument which that person, in any capacity, has in his possession or within his control affecting any land, mortgage, or encumbrance, or the title thereto; (c) summon a person, whose evidence may be necessary or material in respect of a matter pending before him, to appear and give evidence upon oath respecting that matter, and to produce an instrument or evidence of title before him or before any other person appointed under his order; (d) lapse any caveat entered by him under clause (a) when, in his opinion, it has served the purpose for which it was filed and is no longer required; (e) on request, issue a certificate of search; (f) issue certified copies of any title or of any document registered or filed in the land titles office of the district registrar; (g) delegate to any member of the staff of his land titles office authority to certify copies issued under clause (f) and to sign a certificate of search issued under clause (e); (h) present for registration, a request to issue a new certificate of title and dispense with the production of the duplicate certificate of title of the outstanding certificate of title if issued, and make an entry therein, to the effect that the duplicate certificate of title shall be produced, where necessary, on the next dealing with the land described in the new certificate of title; (i) destroy a duplicate certificate of title upon presentation thereof to the land titles office, where the original title to which the duplicate certificate of title relates has been cancelled and a new certificate of title or title previously issued for any reason; (j) [repealed] S.M. 2001, c. 8, s. 2 . Appointment of special examiner 22(2) The order of a district registrar under the hand of the district registrar is sufficient authority to the person therein named as a special examiner, to administer the oath to and to take the evidence of any person summoned to appear before the special examiner; and the evidence when so taken shall be transmitted to the district registrar and has the same effect as if taken before the district registrar. Microfilming of registered documents 22(3) The district registrar may cause an instrument that is registered under this Act to be photographed on microfilm. Certified copy as proof 22(4) Where an instrument has been microfilmed under subsection (3), a printed reproduction from the microfilm certified by the district registrar as a true copy of the instrument is prima facie proof of the instrument and its contents for all purposes. Destruction of instruments 22(5) Where an instrument has been microfilmed under subsection (3), the district registrar may destroy the instrument or cause it to be destroyed forthwith, and upon destruction of the instrument the microfilm record of the instrument stands in place of the instrument for all purposes. Proof of lost instruments 22(6) Where a district registrar is required to produce any instrument, document, or other record and is unable to do so by reason of it having been lost, mislaid, or destroyed, he shall give his written certificate to that effect, signed by him, to the court or person making the requisition; and he may then produce, in lieu of the instrument, document, or record, any memorial, entry, or record relating thereto and it shall be accepted as compliance with the requisition and as evidence of the nature and contents of the instrument, document, or record that has been lost, mislaid, or destroyed. Substitute title 22(7) Where the Registrar General is satisfied that a certificate of title has been destroyed or lost, or cannot be found, or has been inadvertently purged from the register, the Registrar General may order the district registrar to prepare from the records in the office of the district registrar, a substitute title which shall be as nearly as possible a copy of the original title with all endorsements or entries and shall be recorded as a substitute title. Entire register destroyed 22(8) Where the Registrar General is satisfied that the register or any portion thereof has been destroyed, lost, or cannot be found, or has been inadvertently purged, the Registrar General may make an order under subsection (7) which applies to those titles in the register which remain active. Date of substitute title 22(9) The date of a substitute title prepared pursuant to an order made under subsection (7) or (8) shall be the date of the title which it replaces; but the district registrar shall certify the date upon which the substitute title was entered in the register. Where evidence not available 22(10) Where evidence of original signatures of memorials is not available, it is sufficient evidence that the memorials were duly signed if (a) the word "signed" is entered in the space provided for the signatures; or (b) the district registrar accepts the substituted title. Effect of substitute certificate 22(11) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other Act of the Legislature, a substitute certificate of title prepared pursuant to an order made under subsection (7) or (8) shall, for all purposes, be the certificate of title to the land therein described and shall have the same force and effect as the original certificate of title. Substitute instruments 22(12) Where the district registrar is satisfied that any instrument filed or registered in the Land Titles Office, other than a certificate of title or duplicate certificate of title, has been destroyed or lost or mislaid, he may, if the instrument has been microfilmed, certify that an enlarged print from the microfilm is a copy thereof and thereupon the print shall, without further proof, have the same force and effect as the original instrument. S.M. 2001, c. 8, s. 2 . Correcting 23(1) Where it appears to a district registrar, (a) that a certificate of title or other instrument has been issued in error or contains a misdescription; or (b) that an entry or endorsement has been made in error on a certificate of title or other instrument, or been omitted therefrom; or (c) that a certificate of title, instrument, entry, or endorsement, was fraudulently or wrongfully obtained; he may, whether the certificate or instrument is in his custody or is produced to him under a summons, without prejudicing rights conferred for value, correct the error in, or in the case of fraud or wrong cancel, the certificate of title, instrument, entry, or endorsement, or any memorial, certificate, exemplification or copy thereof, as the case requires, and may supply entries omitted. Original words not to be erased 23(2) In the correction of an error, the district registrar shall not erase or render illegible the original words; and he shall affix the date upon which the correction was made or the entry supplied. Effect of correction 23(3) A certificate of title so corrected, or an entry so corrected or supplied, has the like validity and effect as if the error had not been made or the entry omitted. District registrar may summon 24(1) Where a person summoned by a district registrar to produce a certificate of title or other instrument refuses to comply therewith, the district registrar may apply to the court, on notice of motion returnable in chambers, calling upon that person to appear before the court and show cause why the certificate or instrument should not be delivered up to the district registrar to be cancelled or corrected by him. Refusal to obey the summons 24(2) Where the person, when served with the notice of motion, neglects or refuses to attend before the court, at the time therein appointed, the judge may issue a warrant authorizing and directing him to be apprehended and brought before the court for examination. Jurisdiction of court 24(3) Upon his appearance, the court may examine him upon oath, and may order him to deliver up the certificate of title or instrument, and, upon his refusal or neglect to comply with the order, may commit him to a common gaol for a period not exceeding six months, unless the certificate of title or instrument is sooner delivered up, and in such case, or in case he has absconded, so that the notice of motion or warrant cannot be served upon him, the court may direct the district registrar to cancel or correct the certificate or instrument, or an entry or endorsement thereon, or to substitute or issue such certificate of title or instrument, or make such entry or endorsement thereon, as the circumstances of the case require. Form and enforcement 25 A summons issued by a district registrar may be in an approved form and, in the event of disobedience of a summons being certified to the court, it may be enforced by the court as a subpoena of the court. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Dispensing with production of duplicate title 26(1) Where a duplicate certificate of title is lost or destroyed, the district registrar may, upon a registration affecting the land, dispense with the production of the duplicate certificate.

Non-production to be accounted for 26(2) Before completing the registration, the district registrar shall be satisfied that the certificate of title has not been deposited by way of lien or as security for a loan, and of the reason for its non-production. 26(3) [Repealed] S.M. 1991-92, c. 41, s. 24. 26(4) [Repealed] S.M. 2001, c. 8, s. 3 . Dispensation with production 26(5) Where land under the new system, or an estate or interest therein, is vested in His Majesty or any other person under, or pursuant to authority granted by, an Act of the Legislature, or under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the district registrar may, and where so required by this Act or any other Act of the Legislature shall, summarily dispense with the production of the duplicate certificate of title therefor and cancel it, in full or partially as the case requires. S.M. 1991-92, c. 41, s. 24 ; S.M. 2001, c. 8, s. 3 . APPLICATIONS UNDER THE ACT CROWN GRANTS Land granted by Crown 27 Where a patent or grant of land from the Crown has issued after February 20, 1914, the land is at once subject to this Act, and upon filing it and filing an application for title, the district registrar shall issue a certificate of title to the patentee or grantee or to his personal representative. Issue of certificate of title 28 In the case of land in respect to which the patent or grant has been filed by the Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship on behalf of the patentee or grantee under The Crown Lands Act , the district registrar shall issue a certificate of title. S.M. 2000, c. 35, s. 74 ; S.M. 2012, c. 40, s. 67 . WHERE LAND UNDER OLD SYSTEM Application 29(1) The owner of an estate or interest in land under the old system, may apply to the district registrar of the district in which the land is situated, to have his estate or interest or the whole title to the land registered under the new system, but the district registrar may refuse to entertain the application, unless all persons who are interested in the land are consenting parties thereto. Reduction of fees 29(2) Where land under the old system has been sold for taxes and application for title has been made thereunder, but the land has been redeemed therefrom, if, within one year of the redemption, an application is made under subsection (1), the fees normally payable on that application shall be reduced by the amount of the fees paid on the tax sale application. Effect of filing application 30(1) Upon the filing of an application to bring land under this Act, regardless of whether the application is made by a person entitled to make it, or is in accordance with this Act, the land becomes subject to the new system; and, subject to section 99 and to subsection (2), no registration or filing affecting the land shall be accepted until a certificate of title for the land has been issued pursuant to the application, unless the application is rejected by the district registrar or withdrawn. Filings in the application 30(2) Claims for liens under The Builders' Liens Act affecting the land may, and instruments required by the district registrar for the completion of the title of the applicant to the land shall, be filed in the application; and, if the application is withdrawn or rejected, any such filing shall be returned with the application or entered as a registration in the abstract book respecting the land as the district registrar may determine. Vacating of prior claims 30(3) Subject to section 103, where a certificate of title to land, issued pursuant to an application under section 29, contains a memorial or entry or other reference giving notice of a claim, reservation, or interest alleged to have been acquired or established prior to the date upon which the application was filed, if the district registrar is satisfied that the claim, reservation, or interest has been released, discharged, or disposed of by the person who would benefit by the maintenance thereof, or otherwise no longer exists, he may, upon the filing of a request of the registered owner, vacate the memorial or entry or reference; and any quit claim, release, or other document or evidence presented in support of the request shall be attached thereto and filed therewith. Order to vacate claim 30(4) The owner of land may apply to the court for an order vacating a claim, reservation or interest referred to in subsection (3) and the court, if satisfied that the claim, reservation or interest is not valid or enforceable or has expired, may grant an order vacating it. District registrar may vacate claim or interest 30(5) The district registrar may vacate the registration of a claim, reservation or interest referred to in subsection (3), where it appears that it is not valid or enforceable or has expired, (a) 30 days after the district registrar gives notice to the person entitled to benefit by the maintenance of the claim, reservation or interest, to commence proceedings in the court with respect to the claim, reservation or interest; (b) without notice where the claim, reservation or interest is a mineral lease that specifies an expiry date, period of time, or extension of time that has expired; or (c) without notice where the district registrar is satisfied from the face of the record that the claim, reservation or interest has expired or has been extinguished. Method of giving notice 30(6) Subsection 147(2) applies to the giving of notice under subsection (5). Application of sections 150 to 152 30(7) Sections 150 to 152 apply with such modifications as the circumstances require to proceedings under this section. Proceedings to establish right 30(8) The person entitled to benefit by the maintenance of the claim, reservation or interest referred to in subsection (3) may take proceedings in court by originating notice of motion to establish his right to maintain the claim, reservation or interest. Restriction on further registration 30(9) After a claim, reservation or interest referred to in subsection (3) has been vacated under this section, no caveat shall be filed relating to the same claim, reservation or interest unless the district registrar gives his approval thereto in writing. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 3 . Land in one application 31(1) Subject to subsection (2), contiguous unsubdivided lands, not exceeding altogether 2,000 acres, (a road not to be considered a break in the contiguity), or any number of lots under the same plan of subdivision, may be included in a single application; but in no case shall a first or subsequent certificate of title issue for more than 50 lots, or for unsubdivided lands that are not contiguous or that contain more than 2,000 acres. Variations of restrictions 31(2) Where the district registrar deems that the inclusion in a single certificate of title of (a) a number of acres or lots greater or less than that stated in subsection (1); or (b) lots that are not under the same plan of subdivision; or (c) unsubdivided lands that are not contiguous; would facilitate dealings with the land, he may issue a certificate of title accordingly. Plan may be required 32(1) Where an application is made to bring land under this Act, the district registrar may require the applicant to file a plan of survey defining the limits of the land for which the application is made. Land subject to mortgage 32(2) Where land subject to mortgage is brought under the new system, all rights, remedies, and matters of contract, between the mortgagor and mortgagee in relation thereto remain intact as if the land had continued under the old system. Undivided interests 33(1) An application shall not be received to bring under the new system an undivided interest in land, unless an application is also made for all other undivided interests in the land; and no withdrawal or rejection of an application for an undivided interest shall be permitted, unless the application for all other undivided interests in the same land is withdrawn or rejected. Restriction on subsection (1) 33(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an undivided interest in mines or minerals. Application on behalf of infant or person of unsound mind 34(1) An application to bring land under this Act may be made (a) on behalf of an infant, by either parent of the infant; (b) on behalf of a person of unsound mind, by (i) the person's committee of the estate, or (ii) the person's substitute decision maker for property appointed under The Adults Living with an Intellectual Disability Act , if the substitute decision maker has the power to deal with the land. Application by guardian 34(2) Where both parents of an infant are dead or another person is the guardian of or stands in loco parentis to the infant, an application under subsection (1) may be made by the guardian of the infant or the person who stands in loco parentis to the infant. Application by attorney 34(3) A person holding a power of attorney authorizing the sale of land may apply, in respect of the land, in the name and on behalf of the owner, unless the power of attorney expressly prohibits him from so doing. S.M. 1993, c. 29, s. 201 ; S.M. 2023, c. 19, s. 108 . Direction to issue certificate 35(1) Any person, except a purchaser at a tax sale, applying to bring land under the new system, may in his application, or upon request in writing addressed to the district registrar prior to the drafting of the certificate of title, direct the certificate for the land, or any part thereof, to be issued in the name of some other person or in the names of himself and some other person. Effect of direction 35(2) The direction, whether comprised in an application or in a request, from the time of its filing has the effect of conveying and transferring to that other person or to the applicant and that other person, as the case is, all the estate or interest in the land to which the applicant is entitled, and which he directs to be transferred, as fully and effectually as if the estate or interest were transferred by deed and the deed duly registered. Application of Homesteads Act 35(3) Every direction is a disposition within the meaning of The Homesteads Act ; and no application or request containing a direction shall be accepted unless it is in compliance with The Homesteads Act . S.M. 1992, c. 46, s. 64 . Withdrawal of application 36(1) An applicant may, upon such terms as to the district registrar seems proper, withdraw his application as to the whole or any part of the land comprised therein at any time prior to the issue of the certificate of title. Expenses of caveator on withdrawal 36(2) In case of the withdrawal of application, if a caveator has been put to expense, without sufficient cause, by reason of the application, he is entitled to receive from the applicant such compensation as a judge on a motion in chambers orders. Rejection of application 37 The district registrar may reject the application as to the whole or a part of the land comprised therein, if the applicant fails within a reasonable time to produce evidence necessary to make out a good safe-holding title, unless the applicant adduces satisfactory proof that he is proceeding without unnecessary delay in removing defects and complying with the requisitions made on the title. Application for additional land required 38(1) Where an application to bring land under this Act is made by a grantee of part only of the contiguous land formerly owned by the grantor in any quarter section, parish lot or lot shown on a plan, the district registrar shall reject the application unless an application is also made to bring under this Act the balance of the land owned by the grantor in the quarter section, parish lot or lot shown on the plan. Waiver of subsection (1) 38(2) Where the deed or direction under which a grantee making an application to which subsection (1) applies acquired his interest was made before January 1, 1976, the district registrar may waive the requirement of subsection (1) if it appears to him that it would be inequitable in the circumstances to insist upon an application by the grantor to bring under this Act the balance of the land owned by the grantor in the quarter section, parish lot or lot shown on a plan. Approval under Planning Act 38(3) Where the deed or direction under which the grantee making an application to which subsection (1) applies acquired his interest was made after January 1, 1976, the application shall be accompanied by the approval of the approving authority under The Planning Act . Meaning of "grantee" and "grantor" 38(4) For the purposes of this section, "grantee" includes a person to whom a certificate of title is directed to be issued in an application to bring land under this Act and "grantor" includes an applicant who, in an application to bring land under this Act, gives a direction to issue a certificate of title to land to another person. Entry in old system 39 On the withdrawal or rejection of an application either in whole or in part, the district registrar shall make an entry in the abstract of title under the old system, to that effect, and upon the entry, the land thereby affected ceases to be subject to the new system, and immediately becomes subject to the old system. Effect where direction filed 40(1) In the case of the withdrawal or rejection in whole or in part of an application to bring land under the new system, under which a direction has been filed with the district registrar, that title issue to some person other than the applicant, either alone or conjointly with the applicant, the recording of the partial withdrawal or rejection, in the abstract of title under the old system, has the effect of revesting the land affected in the person in whom, had no direction been filed, it would have remained vested, as fully and effectively as if no direction had been made. Direction not notice of right 40(2) No person shall, from the filing of a direction, be deemed to have notice of any right to the land existing between the persons named in the direction. Consent of directee 40(3) The district registrar shall not allow the withdrawal or rejection, except upon the written consent of the person to whom, either alone or conjointly with the applicant, the certificate of title was directed to issue, or, in the case of a rejection, upon the expiration of the time limited in a notice of intention to reject given to him by the district registrar. Rights of parties saved 40(4) Nothing in this section affects the rights as between themselves of any of the persons named in the direction. Service on adverse claimants 41(1) Where the district registrar finds that some person other than the applicant has, or appears to have, some right or claim to, or against, the land respecting which the application is made, he may issue a notice, and cause that person to be served with a copy thereof, to the effect that a certificate of title will issue for the land pursuant to the application, unless that person, within the time limited by the notice, which shall, in each case, be fixed by the district registrar, take proceedings to stop the issue thereof. Substitutional service 41(2) Where a person required to be served in an application to bring land under the new system cannot, after due diligence, be found, the district registrar may, in his discretion, direct that any notice required to be given under or in respect of the application may be served substitutionally, in such manner as the district registrar may direct; and the substitutional service has the same effect as personal service upon the person intended to be affected thereby. Patents accepted as final 42 In the investigation of titles, a patent as to which the district registrar has no notice of cancellation or of proceedings taken to set it aside, shall be accepted by the district registrar as final; and it is not necessary to inquire whether it has been properly issued or not. Issue of certificate 43 The district registrar, on being satisfied of the due service of all notices that he deems requisite, and that the title to the land is safe-holding, may bring the land under the new system, and issue a certificate of title therefor to the person who appears to be entitled thereto. Proclamation 44 The Lieutenant Governor may, by proclamation, appoint a day on which all land, other than Crown land, not registered under or subject to this Act shall become subject to this Act, and, on and after that day, no registration affecting the land may be effected under the old system in any land titles office. TAX SALE APPLICATIONS Application by tax purchaser 45(1) In case of an application under a tax sale, where the value of the land, as shown by the latest revised assessment roll of the municipality or of the school district in unorganized territory in which the land is situated, exceeds $10,000., (a) the treasurer of the municipality or the collector of the school district shall furnish the district registrar with a certificate showing the years for which there were taxes due and in arrear for which the land was sold at the sale; (b) the district registrar shall satisfy himself that the sale was fairly and openly conducted; and (c) subject to subsection (5), the district registrar shall cause to be served upon all persons appearing to be the persons, who other than the tax purchaser or the assigns of the tax purchaser, are interested in the land, a notice requiring them, within the time limited by the notice to contest the claim of the tax purchaser or to redeem the land, if it is open to redemption. Substitutional service 45(1.1) If a person required to be served a notice under clause (1)⁠(c) cannot, after due diligence, be found, the district registrar may direct that the notice be served substitutionally in the manner that the district registrar directs. Substitutional service has the same effect as personal service on the person. Effect of notice 45(2) In default of a pending litigation order being filed and in default of redemption, before the registration as owner of the person entitled under the tax sale, all persons, so served, are forever estopped and debarred from setting up any claim to, or in respect of, the land so sold for taxes; and the district registrar shall register the person entitled under the tax sale as owner of the land. Application including several parcels 45(3) Where an application under a tax sale includes more than one parcel of land, the applicant shall be deemed to have made a separate application in respect of each parcel; and this section applies only to those parcels in which the value of the land as determined in subsection (1) exceeds $10,000. Extending time for redemption 45(4) On the application of a person appearing to be interested in the land, and on sufficient cause being shown, the district registrar may extend the time for redemption fixed by the notice under clause (1)⁠(c). Land subject to registered instruments 45(5) Land that is sold for taxes is deemed to be sold subject to (a) easement agreements, including party wall and right of way agreements; (b) statutory easements; (c) a right analogous to an easement, as defined in subsection 111.2(1), if, subject to subsection 111.2(5), a statutory easement may be created in respect of the right; (d) building restriction covenants; (e) declarations under subsection 76(2); (f) development schemes; (f.1) registered conforming construction agreements under section 76.5; (g) caveats relating to (i) zoning or subdivision, or (ii) development agreements made under The Planning Act or The City of Winnipeg Charter ; (h) caveats or agreements filed relating to an expropriation; (h.1) caveats filed in a land titles office under subsection 14.3(2) of The Housing and Renewal Corporation Act ; (h.2) a notice registered under section 15 of The Efficiency Manitoba Act ; (i) notices filed under subsection 7(1), or liens described in subsection 36(4), of The Contaminated Sites Remediation Act ; (j) orders or caveats filed in a land titles office under section 17 of The Water Resources Administration Act ; (k) any notice under subsection 21(1), 235(3) or 241(2) of The Condominium Act ; and (l) any change agreement registered under subsection 179(1) of The Condominium Act . Application of sections 45(6) This section applies to applications whether the land is under the new or old system. S.M. 1991-92, c. 41, s. 24 ; S.M. 1996, c. 40, s. 69 ; S.M. 1998, c. 18, s. 4 ; S.M. 2004, c. 42, s. 47 ; S.M. 2007, c. 8, s. 2 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 9 ; S.M. 2012, c. 26, s. 16 ; S.M. 2017, c. 5, s. 6 ; S.M. 2017, c. 18, s. 47 ; S.M. 2019, c. 11, s. 24 ; S.M. 2021, c. 45, s. 23 ; S.M. 2025, c. 44, s. 5 . Cancellation of certificate 46 Where land is under the new system, on the issue of a certificate of title pursuant to the application of a person entitled under a tax sale, the district registrar may summarily dispense with the production of the duplicate certificate of title and cancel it in full or partially, as the case requires, by memorial or entry on the certificate of title in the register. Meaning of "mines and minerals" 47(1) In this section the expression "mines and minerals" has the same meaning as that expression has in Part XVII of The Municipal Act . Exceptions from title issued 47(2) Where any land, whether the title thereto is under this Act or The Registry Act , (a) is, or has heretofore been, sold by a municipality or local government district for arrears of taxes all or part of which were imposed after December 31, 1944; (b) the purchaser at the tax sale makes application to be registered as owner of the land pursuant to the tax sale; and (c) the land is not redeemed; the certificate of title issued pursuant to the tax sale application shall except therefrom (d) any mines and minerals and peat not included in the title of the owner whose title is extinguished by the tax sale proceedings; and (e) all mines and minerals and peat to which clause (d) does not apply. Title extinguished 47(3) Upon the issue of a certificate of title to the tax sale applicant as provided in subsection (2), the title of the former owner to all mines and minerals and peat to which clause (2)⁠(e) applies is extinguished; and title to those mines and minerals and peat is vested in the Crown in right of Manitoba. Proof of vesting 47(4) It is sufficient proof of the vesting of title to mines and minerals and peat in the Crown in right of Manitoba under subsection (3), (a) where title to the land sold at the tax sale is under this Act, if the district registrar endorses a memorial or makes an entry of the vesting upon the certificate of title of the registered owner whose title to mines and minerals and peat is extinguished under subsection (3); and (b) where title to that land is under The Registry Act , if the district registrar makes an entry in the appropriate abstract of title of the fact of the vesting of title to the mines and minerals and peat in the Crown in right of Manitoba. S.M. 2014, c. 27, s. 70 . TRANSMISSIONS Transmission on death 48(1) Where any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, under the new system becomes the subject of a transmission the person claiming to be entitled to the transmission shall, before the registration of any dealing therewith, make application in writing to the district registrar to be registered as owner thereof; and the district registrar may, pursuant to the application, transmit the land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, to that person. When entitled 48(2) Where a person becomes registered as owner of the mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, as executor or administrator of a deceased person, he shall thereupon, be invested with all the rights and powers of which the deceased owner was possessed. Expropriated land 48(3) Where land under the new system is vested in the Crown in right of Canada pursuant to the Expropriation Act (Canada), and the Crown in right of Canada subsequently makes a grant of the land, the grantee may make application in writing to the district registrar to be registered as owner thereof, and, notwithstanding that a certificate of title to the land has not been issued to the Crown in right of Canada, the district registrar may, pursuant to the application, transmit the land to the grantee. Dispensing with production 48(4) Where a person applying to be registered as owner of land under subsection (3) is unable to produce the outstanding duplicate certificate of title to the land, the district registrar may dispense with the production of the duplicate certificate of title without complying with subsections 26(2) and (3). Assignment to creditors 49(1) Upon an assignment being made by the owner of any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, for the benefit of his creditors, or under an authorized assignment, or in connection with a proposal by a debtor for a composition, extension, or scheme of arrangement, to or with his creditors under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the assignee or trustee may by way of a transmission application apply to the district registrar to be registered as owner of any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, included in the assignment, and the district registrar may, pursuant to the application, transmit any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, so included, to the assignee or trustee, who shall become the owner thereof and shall be vested with all the rights and powers of which the assignor was possessed. Trust position not to appear 49(2) The district registrar shall not, except in the case of authorized assignments or compositions, extensions, schemes, or arrangements, with creditors under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), in issuing a certificate of title to the assignee, or in entries he makes regarding the transmission, refer to the fact that the new owner is an assignee or trustee, or that he holds the land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, for any other than his own absolute use, and for the purpose of a registered dealing therewith he shall be deemed to be the absolute owner thereof. Custodian of Enemy Property 49(3) Upon the registration in a land titles office of a vesting certificate by the secretary of State of Canada in his capacity as Custodian of Enemy Property, the Custodian may make an application to the district registrar to be registered as owner of any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, included in the certificate of vesting and the district registrar may, pursuant to the application, transmit any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, so included to the applicant; and for the purpose of a registered dealing therewith the Custodian shall be deemed to be the absolute owner thereof. S.M. 2012, c. 40, s. 39 . Joint tenancies 50(1) Where any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease registered under this Act is held in joint tenancy or by one or more life tenants and one of the owners or the life tenant or one of the life tenants dies, an application to the district registrar to be registered as owner or owners thereof may be made by way of request (a) in the case of a joint tenancy (i) by the survivor or survivors; or (ii) if the last survivor has died, by his personal representative, in which case the request may be included in a transmission application; and (b) in the case of a life tenancy (i) by the surviving life tenant or life tenants; or (ii) if a single life tenant or the last surviving life tenant has died, by the remainderman. Action of district registrar 50(2) Upon proof being made to the satisfaction of the district registrar that the request should be granted, he may make the appropriate entries or issue title, as are necessary to give effect to the request. Title by accretion 51(1) Where the registered owner of land bordering upon a body of water becomes entitled to be registered as owner of adjoining land by reason of accretion, he may file in the proper land titles office an application for transmission or, if the accreted land is under the old system, a real property application. Supporting material 51(2) The application shall be supported by a plan of survey, to be filed in the land titles office, showing the limits of the accreted portion, and by (a) an order of the court, to be filed in the land titles office, declaring that the accreted portion as shown on the plan is vested in the applicant; or (b) a certificate under section 19 of The Crown Lands Act , together with the consents of the adjoining riparian owners to the issuance of title to the accreted portion shown on the plan to the applicant, and the certificate and consents shall be endorsed on the plan. Form and consents 51(3) The certificate and the consents required under subsection (2) shall be in a form approved by the district registrar. Dispensing with consent 51(4) The district registrar may dispense with the consent of an adjoining riparian owner if he is satisfied that the boundaries of the accreted portion shown on the plan are such that the adjoining riparian owner would not be adversely affected by the issuance of title to the applicant. Notice where failure to consent 51(5) Where the consent of an adjoining riparian owner that has not been dispensed with cannot after due diligence be obtained, the applicant may request the district registrar to issue a notice for service upon the adjoining riparian owner, and the notice shall state that the adjoining riparian owner is required, within 30 days after service of the notice, to either give the consent or (a) commence an action in the court disputing the right of the applicant to acquire title to the accreted land shown on the plan or to a portion thereof, as the case may be; and (b) file a pending litigation order in the proper land titles office. Service of notice 51(6) Unless the district registrar otherwise orders, the notice shall be served personally upon the adjoining riparian owner. Failure to file pending litigation order 51(7) If the pending litigation order is not filed within the time limited in the notice, title to the accreted land shown on the plan may issue to the applicant, and the adjoining riparian owner named in the notice and his heirs, successors and assigns shall after issuance of the title be forever estopped and debarred from setting up any claim thereto. Certificate of title 51(8) No separate certificate of title may be issued for the accreted land but it shall be consolidated with the adjoining land in a new certificate of title and shall be subject to the same encumbrances, liens and interests which at that time affect the title to the adjoining land. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 4 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 12 . ISSUING CERTIFICATES OF TITLE Form of title 52(1) Title shall issue in an approved form and shall be known as a certificate of title, in the case of a paper title, or where issued as a result of an electronic entry, a title. No duplicate title to be issued 52(2) No duplicate certificate of title shall be issued. Existing duplicate titles may be destroyed 52(2.1) The district registrar may destroy a duplicate certificate of title that is produced to him or her or that is retained on file at the land titles office. When title deemed issued 52(3) Title shall be deemed to have issued, under and for the purpose of this Act (a) where a certificate of title has been signed by the district registrar; or (b) in the case of a title, where the entry has been given accepted status by the district registrar. Effective date of title, certificate of title 52(3.1) A title or certificate of title issued under this Act takes effect from the day on which the instrument leading to its issuance is assigned a serial number, and the instrument is not rejected before the title or certificate of title issues. Successive transfers 52(4) Where (a) the land described in a transfer is the subject of a further transfer; or (b) the district registrar has reason to believe that such a further transfer is pending; or (c) the district registrar is satisfied that the existing certificate of title with the memorials endorsed thereon is good and sufficient evidence of the title of the transferee in the first transfer; he may complete the registration by signing a memorial thereof on the certificate of title issued in respect of the land. Effect of memorial 52(5) The signing of a memorial as authorized in subsection (4) constitutes the transferee the registered owner of the lands described in the certificate of title as effectively, and in like manner, as though a certificate of title in respect of the lands described in the transfer had issued. Definitions 52(6) In this section the expression " transfer " includes a transmission application or a request, and the word " transferee " includes a person entitled to be the registered owner pursuant to a transmission application or a request. S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 3 ; S.M. 2001, c. 8, s. 4 ; S.M. 2012, c. 40, s. 39 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 13 and 44. 53 [Repealed] S.M. 2001, c. 8, s. 5 . Date of certificate of title 54 In the interpretation of this Act, the date of a certificate of title is the date appearing in the body thereof, or the date upon which the last mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, created under the hand of a registered owner of the land was registered, whichever is the later date. Certificate to executor 55(1) Every certificate of title issued to an executor, administrator, or trustee under a will, shall describe the owner as an executor, administrator, or trustee. Effect 55(2) The executor, administrator, or trustee shall, when described as provided in subsection (1), hold the land in respect of which he is registered upon the trusts and for the purposes to which it is subject by law. Uncancelled title 56(1) The district registrar may order that the titles in a register that remain uncancelled (a) be transferred to; or (b) be entered into; or (c) in certain cases, be transferred to, and in other cases be entered into; a new register. District registrar to attach order 56(2) Where the district registrar makes an order under subsection (1), the district registrar shall attach (a) the order; and (b) the affidavit or declaration of the district registrar, or the affidavit or declaration of a person appointed by the district registrar for the purpose to the effect that the new register has been constituted in accordance with the order of the district registrar, and that the entries are true entries of the original titles of which they purport to be entries; and the entries shall, for all purposes be accepted and received as original titles and as evidence of the contents thereof. Books to be repaired 56(3) The district registrar may order a book in a land titles office is out of repair and unfit for use to be repaired in such manner as the district registrar thinks necessary. Conversion to electronic titles 56(4) The district registrar may order that the certificates of title that remain uncancelled be entered as titles in the register, and once accepted, shall be received as the original title and as evidence of the contents thereof. Cancellation 57(1) A district registrar shall cancel the certificate of title in the office of the district registrar in respect of lands held by His Majesty the King in Right of Canada or His Majesty the King in Right of Manitoba on receiving a request from the registered owner thereof and dispense with production of the duplicate certificate of title. Lands removed 57(2) Upon the cancellation of the certificate of title under subsection (1), the land shall thereupon be removed from the operation of this Act, and may be re-granted by His Majesty. Plan of survey 57(3) Where lands are re-granted by His Majesty, a plan of survey of the affected lands must either precede or accompany the grant when registered at a land titles office, for the district in which the land is situated. Land acquired subject to change 57(4) Where pursuant to this Act land is acquired by or revested in His Majesty subject to a mortgage, encumbrance, lien or charge, the district registrar shall not cancel the certificate of title with respect to the land until the mortgage, encumbrance, lien or charge has been discharged or otherwise disposed of. EFFECT OF CERTIFICATES Restrictions on certificate 58(1) The land, mentioned in a certificate of title, shall, by implication and without special mention in the certificate, unless the contrary be expressly declared, be deemed to be subject to (a) any subsisting reservation contained in the original grant of the land from the Crown; (b) any municipal charge, rate, or assessment, existing at the date of the certificate, or subsequently imposed on the land and any sale of the land for tax arrears for which no return has been received by the district registrar; (c) any right-of-way or other easement, howsoever created, upon, over, or in respect of, the land; (d) any subsisting lease or agreement for a lease for a period not exceeding three years, where there is actual occupation of the land thereunder; (e) any drainage levy or builders' lien affecting the land; (f) any instrument registered and maintained in force in the general register pursuant to section 69, which describes the debtor in a name identical to that of the owner as set out in the certificate of title; (g) any pending litigation order issued out of a court in the province and registered since the date of the certificate of title; (h) any right of expropriation by statute; (i) the title of a person adversely in actual occupation of, and rightly entitled to, the land at the time it was brought under this Act, and who continues in such occupation; (j) caveats affecting the land filed since the date of the certificate; (k) a development plan, zoning by-law or other by-law authorized under The Planning Act or under the charter of any city and any by-law passed by any municipal corporation under The Municipal Act or the charter of any city relating to residential areas or zoning; (l) any zoning regulation, as that expression is defined in the Aeronautics Act (Canada), made under that Act and deposited in the land titles office; and (m) any limitation or restriction under The Transportation Infrastructure Act or a permit issued under that Act. Non-application 58(1.1) Clause (1)⁠(c) does not apply in respect of a right granted by an instrument under subsection 111(2) that has not been registered under subsection 111.1(2). Highways 58(2) Public highways embraced in the description of the land included in a certificate shall be deemed to be excluded. Limitation on subsection (2) 58(3) Where a certificate of title has issued to the Crown or to a municipality for land all or part of which is included in a highway, subsection (2) does not apply to that certificate of title or to the land therein described. Meaning of "fractional" 58(4) Where land is described in a certificate of title as a fractional section or as a fractional portion of a section, the description means an incomplete section, or an incomplete portion of a section, as the case may be, granted in the original grant of the land from the Crown. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 5 ; S.M. 1998, c. 39, s. 77 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 10 ; S.M. 2018, c. 10, Sch. A, s. 58 . Conclusive evidence — title paramount (indefeasible) 59(1) Every certificate of title or registered instrument, as long as it remains in force and is not cancelled or discharged, is conclusive evidence at law and in equity, as against the Crown and all persons, that the owner is indefeasibly entitled to the land or the interest specified in the title or instrument. Exception — title subject to section 58 59(1.1) Despite subsection (1), a person may show that a certificate of title is subject to any of the exceptions or reservations mentioned in section 58. Exception — fraud or wrongful act by owner 59(1.2) Despite subsection (1), in a proceeding under this Act, a person may show that the owner is not entitled to the land or the interest specified in the title or the registered instrument when the owner of the land or the owner of the registered instrument has participated or colluded in fraud or a wrongful act. Exception — owner deprived due to fraud or wrongful act 59(1.3) Despite subsection (1), in a proceeding under this Act, an owner who is deprived of an estate or interest in land as a result of fraud or a wrongful act, is entitled to have the estate or interest restored, unless a court determines that it is just in the circumstances to order otherwise. Two certificates for same land 59(2) Where more than one certificate of title has been issued in respect of a particular estate or interest in land, the person claiming under the prior certificate appearing in the register is entitled to the estate or interest; and that person shall be deemed to hold under a prior certificate who is the holder of, or whose claim is derived directly or indirectly from the person who was the holder of, the earliest certificate issued. Court order — two certificates for same land 59(3) Subsection (2) applies unless a court determines that it is just in the circumstances to order otherwise. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 11 . Production of title 60(1) The production in a court of a document purporting to be a title is prima facie proof that the document is a title duly signed and sealed, without proof of signature or seal, and that the title is in force and uncancelled. Certificate of search 60(2) The production in court of a certificate of search of a title is prima facie proof that the certificate is a reproduction of the original title. Record of Title and Status of Title 60(3) A document entitled either "Record of Title" or "Status of Title" issued by a land titles office in an approved form and (a) purporting to contain an extract of information stored in the electronic information system relating to a specified title; and (b) certified by the district registrar of the land titles office, or by a staff member of the land titles office delegated under clause 22(1)⁠(g) to certify copies, to contain a true and accurate extract of the information described in clause (a); is admissible in evidence in any court as prima facie proof of the information of which it purports to be an extract. S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 35 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 12 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Void against title by possession 61(1) Every certificate of title is void as against the title of a person adversely in actual occupation of, and rightly entitled to, the land at the time the land was brought under the new system, and who continues in such occupation. Title by possession abolished 61(2) After land has been brought under this Act, no title thereto adverse to, or in derogation of, the title of the registered owner is acquired by any length of possession merely. No actions of ejectment 62(1) No action of ejectment or other action for the recovery of land under the new system lies or shall be sustained against the registered owner for the estate or interest in respect of which he is so registered, except in the following cases: (a) The case of a mortgagee or encumbrancer as against a mortgagor or owner of land subject to an encumbrance in default, and in that case a mortgagee or encumbrancer is entitled to bring action notwithstanding the mortgage or encumbrance is a security only. (b) The case of a lessor as against a lessee. (c) The case of a person deprived of land by fraud or error as against the person registered as owner through fraud or error, or as against a person deriving his right or title, otherwise than bona fide for value, from or through a person so registered through fraud or error. (d) The case of a person deprived of land included in a certificate of title of other land by misdescription of the other land or its boundaries, as against the registered owner of the other land, not being a transferee thereof bona fide for value or deriving from or through such a transferee. (e) The case of a registered owner claiming under the certificate of title prior in date of registration, where two or more certificates of title have been issued in respect of the same land. (f) For rights arising or partly arising after the date of the certificate of title under which the registered owner claims. (g) For rights arising under any of the matters as to which the certificate of title is subject by implication. Certificate of title absolute bar 62(2) In any other case, the production of the certificate of title shall be held to be an absolute bar and estoppel of such an action against the person named in the certificate as owner of the land therein described. REGISTRATION OF TITLES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Registration Details Application 63(1) Every instrument or series of instruments presented for registration shall be accompanied by a Registration Details Application in an approved form. 63(2) [Repealed] S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 13 . Deemed embodied in register 63(3) Upon registration, an instrument shall be deemed to be embodied in the register, and thereupon it creates, transfers, surrenders, charges, or discharges, as the case requires, the land or the estate or interest therein mentioned in the instrument. District registrar to file instrument 63(4) The district registrar, upon registration of an instrument, shall file it, or a duplicate thereof, in the office of the district registrar. Approved form document prevails 63(5) When a document is attached as a schedule to a document in an approved form (a) the schedule is deemed to be part of the document in an approved form; and (b) the contents of the document in an approved form prevail if there is a conflict between the document and the schedule. S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 4 ; S.M. 1995, c. 27, s. 7 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 13 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 14 and 44. Priority of registration 64 Instruments shall be registered in the order of the serial numbers assigned to them and entered in the daily record and instruments registered in respect of or affecting the same estates or interests shall, notwithstanding any expressed, implied or constructive notice, be entitled to priority according to the serial number. Effect of certificate of registration 65(1) The certificate so endorsed shall be received in all courts as conclusive proof that the instrument was duly registered. Issue of new certificates of title 65(2) Where, by reason of the number or complexity of the memorials already recorded on a certificate of title, or by reason of deterioration of, or damage to, the certificate of title, the district registrar is of the opinion that the title to the land to which the certificate of title relates can be more clearly set forth by issuing a new certificate of title, or new certificates of title, for the land, or part of the land, he may require the registered owner, or his agent, to request that such a new certificate of title, or new certificates of title, be issued before permitting further dealings with that land. Instruments unfit for registration 66(1) The district registrar may reject an instrument appearing to be unfit for registration or filing and shall not register or file an instrument purporting to transfer or otherwise deal with or affect land under the new system except in the manner herein provided for registration or filing under the new system, nor unless the instrument is in accordance with the provisions of this Act, as applicable to the new system. Illegible instrument 66(2) The district registrar may refuse to accept for registration an instrument that is wholly or partly illegible or unsuitable for microfilming. Documents registered in series 66(3) Where two or more documents are marked as being registered or filed in series and one of the documents is unfit for registration or filing, all documents registered or filed in the series shall be deemed to be unfit for registration or filing.

Registration essential 66(4) No instrument is effectual to pass an interest in land under the new system or to render the land liable as security for the payment of money as against a bona fide transferee thereof, until the instrument is registered in accordance with this Act. Instruments in old form 66(5) The district registrar may permit an instrument in the old system form to be registered under the new system if (a) the instrument deals with land that is under the new system; and (b) the district registrar is satisfied that the instrument contains sufficient content to pass an estate or interest in land. An instrument registered under this subsection has the same effect as, and is deemed to contain the implied covenants of, a new system instrument of like nature. Mortgage in the old system 66(6) Where a mortgage has been registered as provided in subsection (5), the mortgagee may, for the purpose of sale or foreclosure thereunder, elect to proceed either under the provisions of this Act or as if the land were under the old system; but, in case he proceeds under the provisions of this Act, and the mortgage covers other land not under the new system, he shall before doing so bring all the land intended to be sold or foreclosed under the new system. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 15 . Instrument affecting Crown oil and gas rights 66.1(1) No person may register, and the district registrar shall refuse to accept for registration, a disposition or instrument, as those terms are defined in The Oil and Gas Act , or a caveat that affects oil and gas rights held by the Crown. Correction by district registrar 66.1(2) The district registrar may, in accordance with section 23, correct the purported registration of a disposition or instrument referred to in subsection (1) in so far as it affects Crown oil and gas rights. S.M. 1993, c. 4, s. 236 . All land must be in same district 67(1) Subject to subsection (2), except where a district registrar permits the registration of an instrument in the old system form, and except instruments affecting land without specific description, builders' liens and by-laws of municipalities for opening or closing highways or drains, no instrument shall be registered under the new system unless all the land affected thereby is under the operation of the new system, and within the same land titles district. Registration in more than one district 67(2) Where lands described in a mortgage, encumbrance, or lease or in an instrument granting a statutory easement or a right analogous to an easement, as defined in subsection 111.2(1), are in more than one land titles district, the mortgage, encumbrance, lease, or other instrument, or a certified copy thereof issued by the district registrar of one of the land titles districts in which registration of the original has been effected, may be registered in each of those districts in respect of such part of the lands as is situated in that district. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 14 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 16 . Disclaimer of estate or interest in land 68 A person who has been registered as the owner of an estate or interest in land, without giving consent, may sign a disclaimer of that estate or interest and apply to the Registrar-General under clause 169.2(1)⁠(a) to have that estate or interest cancelled or corrected. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 15 . Entries in General Register bind all land 69 Where an instrument was registered that did not contain a land description, but purported to claim an interest in or charge on the land of the debtor named therein, and where the name of the debtor was entered into an index called the general register in the land titles office for a Land Titles District, that instrument, from the date of registration thereof shall be deemed to have formed a lien or charge against all land owned by the debtor under the new system or old system in a name of the debtor identical to that set out in the instrument. Entries in Deposit Register 70 Any instrument or charge conditions presented for registration other than those instruments referred to in section 69 or discharges of instruments which affect the title to the land but do not contain a land description, shall be entered in an index called the Deposit Register in the land titles office for a land titles district, and shall thereupon be deemed to be registered under both the new and old systems. Registration in Deposit Register 71(1) The original of any instrument, a certified copy of the original, certified as previously having been registered at another land titles office, a certified copy of any record, document, plan, book or paper issued by a department of either the federal or provincial governments, or the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, a copy certified to the satisfaction of the district registrar, a copy authenticated by affidavit, or a copy certified by a notary public to be a true copy, is registrable in the Deposit Register as evidence of any transaction of the original record, document, plan, book or paper that it purports to be. Attachment to instrument as evidence 71(1.1) The following may be attached as evidence to an instrument registered under this Act: (a) the original of an instrument; (b) a certified copy of an original instrument, certified as having been registered at another land titles office; (c) a certified copy of any record, document, plan, book or paper issued by a department of the federal government, a provincial government, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut; (d) a copy of a document or instrument certified to the satisfaction of the district registrar; (e) a copy of a document or instrument authenticated by affidavit to the satisfaction of the district registrar; or (f) a copy of a document or instrument certified by a notary public to be a true copy. No compensation 71(2) No person is entitled to compensation under this Act for loss occasioned by the registration of any instrument, record, document, plan, book or paper set out in subsection (1) or (1.1) by reason that the instrument or record is not a copy of the authentic instrument or record that it purports to be. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 6 ; S.M. 1995, c. 27, s. 8 ; S.M. 1999, c. 17, s. 3 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 16 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 17 . Evidence Necessary for Registering Instruments Application 72(1) This section and sections 72.1 to 72.10 apply to the evidence required for registering instruments. Definitions 72(2) The following definitions apply in this section and sections 72.1 to 72.9. "financial institution" means (a) a bank; (b) a credit union; or (c) any other financial institution that may be specified in the regulations. (« institution financière ») "mortgage" means the following, in an approved form: (a) mortgage; (b) encumbrance; (c) mortgage of a mortgage; (d) mortgage of an encumbrance. (« hypothèque ») "mortgagor" includes a person entitled to be a mortgagor. (« débiteur hypothécaire ») "transfer" means the following transfers, in an approved form: (a) transfer of land; (b) transfer of leasehold title; (c) transfer of encumbrance. (« transfert ») "transferor" means a registered owner or a person entitled to be registered as owner. (« auteur du transfert ») S.M. 1989-90, c. 90, s. 38 ; S.M. 1992, c. 46, s. 64 ; S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 5 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 ; S.M. 2020, c. 25, s. 5 . Evidence required for each instrument 72.1 Each instrument presented for registration must be accompanied by (a) evidence as to the execution of the instrument, if applicable, in accordance with section 72.4; (b) evidence as may be required under The Homesteads Act ; and (c) any other evidence required by the district registrar. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 . Party cannot also witness execution 72.2 A person who is a party to an instrument must not also (a) be a witness to the execution of that instrument; or (b) make an affidavit, or provide any evidence, as to the execution of that instrument. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 . Affidavit, etc., not to be sworn before party 72.3 An affidavit, affirmation or statutory declaration that forms part of an instrument must not be sworn, affirmed or declared before a person who is a party to the instrument. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 . Proving execution of instruments 72.4(1) The execution of an instrument by a registered owner, or a person entitled to be registered as the owner, must be proved as follows: (a) the execution of a transfer must be proved in accordance with sections 72.5 and 72.6; (b) the execution of a mortgage must be proved in accordance with sections 72.7 and 72.8; (c) the execution of all other instruments — except a transfer, mortgage, request or transmission — must be proved in accordance with section 72.9. Non-application 72.4(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the execution of an instrument by (a) the Government of Manitoba or an agency of the Government of Manitoba; (b) the Government of Canada or an agency of the Government of Canada; (c) a government or a government agency outside Canada; or (d) any other public body designated in the regulations. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 . Transfers Executed Within Canada Transfers witnessed by barristers or solicitors 72.5(1) If a transfer is executed within Canada, the signature of the transferor must be witnessed by a barrister or solicitor entitled to practise in the province or territory where the transfer is executed. Transfers witnessed by notaries 72.5(2) In addition to a transfer being witnessed in accordance with subsection (1), (a) within British Columbia, the signature of the transferor may be witnessed by a notary public who is authorized to practise in accordance with the laws of British Columbia; and (b) within Quebec, the signature of the transferor may be witnessed by a notary who is authorized to practise in accordance with the laws of Quebec. Exception — particular circumstances 72.5(3) If the signature of a transferor cannot, due to particular circumstances, be witnessed in accordance with subsection (1) or (2), the district registrar may, in his or her discretion, accept a transfer for registration that is witnessed by a person entitled to administer oaths either within or outside Manitoba, as set out in sections 62 and 63 of The Manitoba Evidence Act . Other witnesses 72.5(4) In addition to the witnesses referred to in subsections (1) to (3), the district registrar may accept a transfer for registration that is witnessed by a person in a class of persons designated in the regulations. Required witness information to prove execution 72.5(5) Execution of a transfer that is witnessed in accordance with subsections (1) to (4) may be proved by the witness clearly disclosing his or her name, position and address under his or her signature as the witness. Effect of witness's signature 72.5(6) The act of the witness in witnessing a transfer in accordance with this section is satisfactory evidence (a) that (i) the person who executes the transfer as the transferor is personally known to the witness, or (ii) the identity of the person who executes the transfer as the transferor has been proven to the satisfaction of the witness; and (b) that the transferor acknowledged to the witness that he or she (i) is the person named in the transfer as the transferor and the person who signed as transferor, (ii) has attained the age of majority in Manitoba, and (iii) is authorized to execute the instrument. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 . Transfers Executed Outside Canada Witness to transfer executed outside Canada 72.6(1) If a transfer is executed outside Canada, the signature of the transferor must be witnessed by one of the following persons: (a) a barrister, solicitor or lawyer entitled to practise in the jurisdiction where the transfer is executed; (b) a notary or notary public authorized to practise in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where the transfer is executed; (c) a person entitled to administer oaths outside Manitoba, as set out in section 63 of The Manitoba Evidence Act . Applicable provisions — witness 72.6(2) When the signature of the transferor is witnessed by a person specified in subsection (1), the following provisions apply, with necessary changes, to proving execution of the transfer: (a) subsection 72.5(5) (required witness information to prove execution); (b) subsection 72.5(6) (effect of witness's signature). Execution by notary public under Evidence Act 72.6(3) In addition to proving the execution of a transfer in accordance with subsections (1) and (2), the execution of a transfer outside Canada may be proved by a notary public in accordance with section 68 of The Manitoba Evidence Act . S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 . Mortgages Executed Within Canada Mortgages witnessed by barristers or solicitors 72.7(1) If a mortgage is executed within Canada, the signature of the mortgagor must be witnessed by a barrister or solicitor entitled to practise in the province or territory where the mortgage is executed. Mortgages witnessed by notaries or financial institutions 72.7(2) In addition to a mortgage being witnessed in accordance with subsection (1), (a) within British Columbia, the signature of the mortgagor may be witnessed by a notary public who is authorized to practise in accordance with the laws of British Columbia; (b) within Quebec, the signature of the mortgagor may be witnessed by a notary who is authorized to practise in accordance with the laws of Quebec; and (c) if the mortgagee is a financial institution, the signature of the mortgagor may be witnessed by an officer or employee of the financial institution or another designated person on behalf of the financial institution. Applicable provisions re execution of mortgage 72.7(3) The following provisions apply, with necessary changes, to proving the execution of a mortgage within Canada, in the same manner as they apply to the execution of a transfer within Canada: (a) subsection 72.5(3) (particular circumstances); (b) subsection 72.5(4) (other witnesses); (c) subsection 72.5(5) (required witness information to prove execution); (d) subsection 72.5(6) (effect of witness's signature). S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 . Mortgages Executed Outside Canada Witness to mortgage executed outside Canada 72.8(1) If a mortgage is executed outside Canada, the signature of the mortgagor must be witnessed by one of the following persons: (a) a barrister, solicitor or lawyer entitled to practise in the jurisdiction where the mortgage is executed; (b) a notary or notary public authorized to practise in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where the mortgage is executed; (c) a person entitled to administer oaths outside Manitoba, as set out in section 63 of The Manitoba Evidence Act ; (d) if the mortgagee is a financial institution, an officer or employee of the financial institution. Applicable provisions — witness 72.8(2) The following provisions apply, with necessary changes, to proving the execution of a mortgage outside Canada, in the same manner as they apply to the execution of a transfer outside Canada: (a) subsection 72.5(5) (required witness information to prove execution); (b) subsection 72.5(6) (effect of witness's signature). Execution by notary public under Evidence Act 72.8(3) In addition to proving the execution of a mortgage in accordance with subsections (1) and (2), the execution of a mortgage outside Canada may be proved by a notary public in accordance with section 68 of The Manitoba Evidence Act . S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 . Execution of Other Instruments Instruments witnessed 72.9(1) To prove the execution of an instrument — other than a transfer, mortgage, request or transmission — the witness to the signature of the registered owner, or the person entitled to be registered as owner, must make an affidavit as to (a) the execution of the instrument by the registered owner or the person entitled to be registered as the owner; and (b) the identity and age of the registered owner or the person entitled to be registered as the owner. Affidavit of execution 72.9(2) The affidavit of the witness as to the execution of the instrument must be sworn or affirmed in accordance with (a) section 62 of The Manitoba Evidence Act , if the instrument is executed within Manitoba; or (b) section 63 of The Manitoba Evidence Act , if the instrument is executed outside Manitoba. Execution by barrister, solicitor or other officer 72.9(3) In addition to proving execution of an instrument in accordance with subsections (1) and (2), (a) if the instrument is executed within Canada and the signature of the party is witnessed by a barrister or solicitor or another officer as specified in subsections 72.5(1) and (2) (execution within Canada), the following provisions apply, with necessary changes, to proving execution of the instrument in the same manner as they apply to proving execution of a transfer: (i) subsection 72.5(3) (particular circumstances), (ii) subsection 72.5(5) (required witness information to prove execution), (iii) subsection 72.5(6) (effect of witness's signature); or (b) if the instrument is executed outside Canada and the signature of the party is witnessed by a barrister or solicitor or another officer as specified in subsection 72.6(1) (execution outside Canada), the following provisions apply, with necessary changes, to proving execution of the instrument in the same manner as they apply to proving execution of a transfer: (i) subsection 72.6(2) (applicable provisions re execution by witness), (ii) subsection 72.6(3) (execution by notary public under Evidence Act). S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 17 . Remote Witnessing of Instruments Remote witnessing 72.10 Despite sections 72.5 to 72.9, a person authorized under the regulations may witness the execution of an instrument under any of those sections without being in the presence of the person executing the instrument if (a) the execution of the instrument is witnessed in the manner specified in the regulations; and (b) the instrument contains or appends any wording required under the regulations. S.M. 2020, c. 25, s. 5 . Address for mailing 73(1) Every transfer, mortgage, lease or certificate of judgment, and every instrument claiming an interest in, or a mortgage, lien or charge upon land, presented for registration or for filing, shall have included as part thereof, or shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto, a memorandum giving the address of the transferee, mortgagee, lessee, judgment creditor or claimant, as the case requires. Registered address 73(2) Upon the registration or filing of the instrument, the address shall be deemed to be the registered address of the transferee, mortgagee, lessee, judgment creditor, or claimant, and, to effect service on him under this Act or any other Act of a notice relating to the instrument or to the land described therein, where service thereof is permitted to be by mailing, it shall be sufficient to mail the notice, postage prepaid and registered, directed to him at that address. Change of address 73(3) The transferee, mortgagee, lessee, judgment creditor, or claimant may, from time to time, notify the district registrar of a change in his address and the last address of which the district registrar has notice shall be deemed to be his registered address for the purposes of this section. Priority 74 Where an instrument is presented for registration and (a) a registered certificate of judgment, or an order for payment of alimony or maintenance; or (b) a lien or charge created by, or arising pursuant to, an Act of the Legislature in favour of His Majesty in right of Manitoba or in favour of a municipality; appears to affect the land described therein, but the applicant for registration claims that the certificate, lien, or charge, does not affect the land, or is not equitably entitled to priority over the instrument, notwithstanding its priority of registration, the district registrar may take such evidence under oath or otherwise in the matter as he deems necessary, and may thereupon decide whether the certificate of judgment, lien, or charge, does or does not affect the land, or whether the certificate of judgment, lien, or charge, is or is not entitled to priority over the instrument, and may register the instrument according to that decision. General register to be maintained until 1989 75(1) The district registrar of a Land Titles District shall not maintain the general register beyond August 18, 1989. No new registrations to be made in general register 75(2) The district registrar shall not register any new or further instruments in the general register on or after August 19, 1987 except a renewal of an instrument made in accordance with subsection (5). Registrations in general register to lapse 75(3) The registration in the general register of every instrument and any renewal thereof in accordance with subsection (5) lapses and no longer has any force or effect on August 20, 1989. Notice to claimants 75(4) Where an instrument is registered in the general register, the district registrar shall, not later than February 19, 1989, notify (a) each claimant for whom an address for service is provided in the instrument; and (b) each claimant under the instrument with respect to a maintenance order at such address of the claimant as may be provided by the Maintenance Enforcement Programs Branch of the Department of Justice; that the registration will lapse as mentioned in subsection (3) unless it is renewed in accordance with subsection (6). Renewal where no legal description 75(5) Where the renewal of an instrument previously registered in the general register does not contain a legal description of the lands to be charged by the instrument, the claimant may, nevertheless, renew the instrument on or before February 19, 1988 by filing with the district registrar a Renewal of General Register Instrument as prescribed by the regulations showing the following information: (a) the name of the claimant; (b) the address for service of the claimant; and (c) the date of registration and registration number of the instrument sought to be renewed and of any renewals thereof. Renewal where legal description 75(6) Where the renewal of an instrument previously registered in the general register contains a legal description of the lands to be charged by the instrument, the claimant may renew the instrument on or before August 18, 1989 by filing with the district registrar a Renewal of General Register Instrument as prescribed by the regulations showing the following information: (a) the name of the claimant; (b) the address for service of the claimant; (c) the date of registration and registration number of the instrument sought to be renewed and of any renewals thereof; and (d) the legal description of the lands charged. Registration of new instruments 75(7) Where a claimant under a judgment, lien or other instrument, except a renewal of an instrument under subsection (5) or (6), presents a document or instrument to the district registrar for registration purporting to claim an interest in or charge on land of a debtor, the document or instrument shall be in such form as may be prescribed in the regulations and shall contain the following information: (a) the address for service of the claimant; (b) the full name of the debtor; (c) the legal description of the specific land to be charged; and (d) such other particulars as may be indicated by the form. Execution of discharge 75(7.1) An agent who executes an instrument registered under subsection (6) or (7) may execute a discharge of the instrument. Entry on abstract of title 75(8) A renewal registered under subsection (6) or a new instrument presented for registration for the first time under subsection (7) shall not be registered by the district registrar in the general register but the district registrar shall upon registration of the instrument make an entry of the registration in the abstract of title under the old system or on the title under new system, as the case may require. Names must be identical 75(9) Where under subsection (5) or (6), a person presents a renewal of an instrument to the district registrar for registration, the district registrar shall not register the instrument in the general register or against the title of the debtor unless the name of the debtor as stated in the instrument, in the general register and on the title are identical. Non-identical name 75(10) Where an instrument is registered under subsection (7), the registration thereof is not incomplete or improper solely because the name of the debtor as set out in the instrument is not identical to the name of the registered owner of the land described in the title, or the land described in the title is registered in the name of the debtor and one or more persons. Statement in support of registration under subsection (7) 75(10.1) The district registrar shall refuse to register an instrument referred to in subsection (7) if the instrument is not supported by a statement of the claimant that he or she believes (a) the debtor referred to in the instrument is the registered owner, or a registered owner, of the land to be charged by way of the instrument; or (b) that the debtor is not the registered owner of the land referred to in the instrument, but has an interest in the land. Liability for instrument under subsection (7) 75(10.2) A claimant under an instrument referred to in subsection (7) is liable to any person who sustains loss because of the initial registration or its continuance unless the court finds that the initial registration or its continuance was reasonable under the circumstances. Joint liability 75(10.3) Where a statement under subsection (10.1) is registered by the attorney or agent of a claimant, the attorney or agent and the claimant are jointly and severally liable as provided in subsection (10.2). Owners to be notified 75(11) Where an instrument is registered against specific land in accordance with this section, the district registrar shall forthwith notify the owner of the land affected by the registration of the instrument by ordinary mail. Lapsing of instrument 75(12) An instrument registered against or charging specific land as legally described therein may be disposed of by the district registrar as having lapsed upon the expiration of 30 days after notice given by the district registrar to the claimant under the instrument to establish the validity of the claim as it affects the title charged by the instrument, unless the claimant within the 30 days files with the district registrar evidence satisfactory to the district registrar that court proceedings have been taken to establish the claim. Manner of service 75(13) The notice referred to under subsection (12) shall be given in the manner provided for the service of documents under subsection 147(2). Crown bound 75(14) The Crown is bound by this section. S.M. 1988-89, c. 13, s. 38 ; S.M. 1990-91, c. 12, s. 16 ; S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 7 ; S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 6 ; S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 94 . Party wall, right of way and easement agreements 76(1) A party wall agreement, a right of way agreement or an easement agreement may be registered against the lands affected by such an agreement if, at the time it is registered, (a) the district registrar is satisfied that the lands affected are (i) adjoining, in the case of a party wall agreement, or (ii) in reasonable proximity, in the case of a right of way agreement or an easement agreement; (b) the agreement has been executed by persons who are, or are entitled to be, the registered owners of the lands affected by the agreement; and (c) all persons with a registered claim or interest in the lands affected by the agreement consent to the registration. Effect of declaration 76(2) A declaration made by the owner of the land has the same force and effect as an agreement referred to in subsection (1) if (a) the declaration is set out in an instrument that is in a form approved by the district registrar; (b) the declaration is registered; and (c) at the time it is registered, all persons with a registered claim or interest in the land consent to the registration. No consent for respecting statutory easements, etc. 76(2.1) For the purpose of subsections (1) and (2), consent is not required from (a) the holder of a statutory easement; or (b) the holder of a right analogous to an easement, as defined in subsection 111.2(1). Effect of registration of declaration 76(3) A declaration registered under subsection (2) has the same force and effect as a party wall agreement, a right of way agreement or easement agreement and shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be a party wall agreement, a right of way agreement or easement agreement and "party wall agreement" , where used in any Act of the Legislature, includes a declaration registered under subsection (2). Party wall, right of way, and easement agreements 76(4) Where land under this Act is subject to, or has as appurtenant thereto, or enjoyed therewith, any rights, privileges, or easements, under a party wall agreement, a right of way agreement or easement agreement, whether the agreement was registered before or after the land was brought under this Act, those rights, privileges, or easements, and all covenants relating thereto, shall be deemed to run with the land; and an instrument affecting the land registered under this Act shall, without special mention thereof in the instrument, be deemed to be subject to, or to carry with it, all such rights, privileges, easements, and covenants, to the same extent as if the instrument were made subject to, or contained an express assignment or acknowledgment of, the party wall agreement, right of way agreement or easement agreement, and of all rights, privileges, easements, and covenants, thereunder. Discharge of party wall agreement 76(5) The registration of an agreement under subsection (1) as to all or part of the lands affected thereby may be discharged by the registration of a discharge thereof in a form approved by the district registrar executed by the registered owners of all the lands against which the agreement is registered, and consent to which has been given by all persons appearing on the register to have an interest in the lands, and who are affected by the agreement. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 8 ; S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 7 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 18 . Definition of "registered owner" 76.1 In sections 76.2 and 76.4, "registered owner" includes a person who is entitled to be the registered owner of the land. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 19 . Registration of development scheme 76.2(1) A development scheme that affects two or more parcels of land may be registered if (a) the following is registered against each of the parcels: (i) if the parcels are owned by one registered owner, a declaration that complies with subsection (3), (ii) if the parcels are owned by more than one registered owner, an agreement that complies with subsection (3); and (b) the district registrar is satisfied that, at the time the declaration or agreement is registered, all persons with a registered claim or interest in any of the parcels consents to the registration. No consent for statutory easements, etc. 76.2(2) Under clause (1)⁠(b), the consent of a person who has a claim or interest by virtue of a statutory easement or a right analogous to an easement, as defined in subsection 111.2(1), is not required. Requirements — declaration or agreement 76.2(3) A declaration or agreement in respect of a development scheme must (a) be in a form approved by the district registrar; (b) be executed by the registered owner or, if there is more than one, by each registered owner; (c) set out the legal description of each affected parcel; (d) contain one or more restrictions respecting the land, or on, over or under the land, that are (i) negative in effect, (ii) consistent with the orderly development of the land, (iii) subject to clause (e), applicable to each of the parcels, and (iv) clearly described; (e) identify the parcels, if any, that are subject to variations or exemptions in respect of the restrictions, and describe the variations or exemptions; (f) contain a statement that the restrictions are intended to benefit each of the parcels; and (g) contain a statement that the benefit and burden of the declaration or agreement attaches to and runs with each of the parcels. When restriction is negative in effect 76.2(4) For the purpose of subclause (3)⁠(d)⁠(i), a restriction is negative in effect if it may be enforced by way of injunction. Land not required to be contiguous 76.2(5) The parcels of land affected by a development scheme must be in reasonable proximity to each other, but the parcels need not be contiguous. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 19 . Effect of registration 76.3(1) Upon registration, a declaration or agreement respecting a development scheme attaches to and runs with the affected land, as provided for in the scheme, and any subsequent instrument affecting the land that is registered under this Act is subject to the development scheme, regardless of whether the scheme is mentioned in the instrument. Effect of other obligations being included 76.3(2) A declaration or agreement respecting a development scheme is not invalid because one or more of the obligations it imposes on a party or person does not comply with clause 76.2(3)⁠(d), but for greater certainty, such an obligation does not attach to or run with the land affected by the development scheme. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 19 . Changes ordered by Municipal Board 76.4(1) The district registrar must vary, cancel or substitute a development scheme in accordance with an order made by The Municipal Board under section 104 of The Municipal Board Act . Amending or discharging scheme 76.4(2) The district registrar may register an instrument that amends or discharges a development scheme if the instrument is (a) in a form approved by the district registrar; (b) executed by the registered owners of all the parcels of lands against which the development scheme is registered; and (c) consented to by all persons with a registered claim or interest in any one or more of the parcels of land affected by the development scheme. No consent required — statutory easement, etc. 76.4(3) Under clause (2)⁠(c), the consent of a person who has a claim or interest by virtue of a statutory easement or a right analogous to an easement, as defined in subsection 111.2(1), is not required. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 19 . Definitions 76.5(1) The following definitions apply in this section. "conforming construction agreement" means a conforming construction agreement that meets the criteria in (a) section 151.1 of The Planning Act ; or (b) section 240.2 of The City of Winnipeg Charter . (« entente de conformité ») "permitting authority" means (a) a permitting authority as described in section 151.1 of The Planning Act ; or (b) in the case of land within the City of Winnipeg, the city. (« autorité compétente ») Registering agreement 76.5(2) The district registrar of the appropriate land titles office must register a conforming construction agreement submitted by the permitting authority. Entry on title 76.5(3) When a conforming construction agreement is registered, the district registrar must make an entry on the title of the affected land. Registering amendment 76.5(4) The district registrar must register an amendment to the conforming construction agreement that is executed by the parties to the agreement and submitted by the permitting authority. Discharging registration 76.5(5) The district registrar must register an instrument discharging the registration of the conforming construction agreement if the instrument is in an approved form and executed by the permitting authority. Transitional 76.5(6) This section applies to a conforming construction agreement even if it was executed before the coming into force of this section. S.M. 2017, c. 5, s. 7 . Implied covenants in transfer 77 In every instrument transferring land for which a certificate of title has been issued subject to a mortgage or encumbrance, there shall be implied, unless otherwise expressed, the following covenant by the transferee both with the transferor and the mortgagee, that is to say: That the transferee will pay the principal money, interest, annuity, or rent charge secured by the mortgage or encumbrance, at the rate and at the time specified in the instrument creating it, will be bound by every other covenant, term and condition in the mortgage or encumbrance, and will indemnify and keep harmless the transferor from and against the principal sum or other moneys secured thereby, and from and against liability in respect of every other covenant, term and condition therein contained or, under this Act, implied on the part of the transferor. S.M. 1995, c. 8, s. 2 . Definition of "residential mortgage" 77.1(1) In this section and sections 77.2 and 77.3, "residential mortgage" means a mortgage that is registered against the residence where the borrower resides and is granted, entered into or assumed for the purpose of permitting the borrower (a) to acquire the residence; (b) to make improvements to the residence; (c) to make expenditures for family or household purposes; or (d) to re-finance for a purpose referred to in clauses (a) to (c). Definition of "borrower" 77.1(2) In subsection (1), "borrower" means (a) the mortgagor; or (b) where the mortgage is assumed, the person who assumes the mortgage. Liability under "personal covenant" or "covenant" 77.1(3) In sections 77.2 and 77.3, "personal covenant" or "covenant" means all covenants, terms and conditions in a residential mortgage, and where those sections provide that liability in respect of the covenants ceases, liability ceases with respect to all personal covenants, covenants, terms and conditions in the mortgage. S.M. 1995, c. 8, s. 3 . Personal covenant in residential mortgage 77.2(1) Notwithstanding section 77, a person who transfers an estate in land that is subject to a residential mortgage ceases to be liable under the personal covenant in the mortgage three months after the day the existing term of the mortgage expires, unless the mortgagee serves, within those three months, a written demand on the person for payment of the amount owing under the mortgage. Application to mortgage payable without demand 77.2(2) Subsection (1) applies despite any provision of the residential mortgage providing that all amounts outstanding at the end of the term are payable without a demand. Liability under mortgage payable on demand 77.2(3) Notwithstanding section 77, a person who transfers an estate in land that is subject to a residential mortgage that is, under the terms of the mortgage, payable on demand ceases to be liable under the personal covenant in the mortgage three months after the day the person serves the mortgagee a written notice of the transfer, unless the mortgagee serves on the person, within three months after being served with the notice, a written demand for payment of the amount owing under the mortgage. Waiver of benefit 77.2(4) A waiver of the benefit contained in subsection (1) or (3) by the person who transfers the estate in the land subject to the mortgage is of no force or effect unless it is entered into after the transfer referred to in subsections (1) and (3). S.M. 1995, c. 8, s. 3 . Liability ceases on approval of new mortgagor 77.3(1) Notwithstanding section 77, where a mortgagee under a residential mortgage gives written approval to the assumption of the mortgage by the person to whom the mortgagor transfers an estate in the land that is subject to the mortgage, the mortgagor who transfers the estate in land ceases to be liable under all covenants contained in the mortgage. Mortgagor may request approval 77.3(2) A mortgagor who has transferred, or who proposes to transfer, an estate in the land that is subject to the mortgage and who wishes to obtain approval for the purpose of subsection (1) shall serve a written request for approval on the mortgagee not later than three months after the registration of the transfer. Mortgagee may require information and fee 77.3(3) The mortgagee may require the person seeking approval to provide (a) reasonable financial information respecting the transferee or proposed transferee; and (b) a reasonable fee to cover administrative costs, including the cost of obtaining a credit report. Approval not to be unreasonably withheld 77.3(4) A mortgagee shall not unreasonably withhold or refuse to give approval under this section. Mortgagor may apply to court for approval 77.3(5) Where a mortgagee fails to give approval under this section, the mortgagor may apply to the court and the court may, where it finds that the approval is unreasonably withheld or refused, give the approval, and the approval is as valid as though it were given by the mortgagee. S.M. 1995, c. 8, s. 3 . Service in accordance with mortgage or King's Bench Rules 77.4 A document that is required under section 77.2 or 77.3 to be served shall be served (a) in the manner provided in the mortgage; or (b) in accordance with the rules of the court respecting the personal service of documents or, where personal service cannot be effected, the other rules of the court respecting service. S.M. 1995, c. 8, s. 3 . Unregistered instrument 78 Every instrument, signed by an owner or other person claiming through or under him, purporting to pass an estate or interest in land, or to create a mortgage or encumbrance, for the registration of which provision is made by this Act, shall, until registered, be deemed to confer upon the person intended to take under the instrument, and upon others claiming through or under him, a right or claim to the registration of the mortgage, encumbrance, estate, or interest. Severance of joint tenancy 79(1) The district registrar must not accept for registration an instrument that has the effect of severing a joint tenancy — other than a transmission by a trustee in bankruptcy or one giving effect to an order of the court — unless (a) the instrument is executed by all the joint tenants; (b) all the joint tenants, other than those executing the instrument, give their written consent to the instrument; or (c) the district registrar is provided with evidence, satisfactory to the district registrar, that all joint tenants who have not executed the instrument or given their consent to it have been served with a notice of intent to sever, in an approved form, at least 30 days prior to the registration of the instrument. Service of notice 79(2) A notice of intent to sever given under subsection (1) shall be served personally; but in case a person to be served cannot after due diligence be found, the district registrar may direct notice to be served substitutionally in such manner as the district registrar may order. Court order for further action 79(3) At any time before the expiration of 30 days from the time notice of intent to sever has been given under subsection (1) the party served may file with the district registrar evidence to the satisfaction of the district registrar of proceedings in court taken pursuant to the notice, and the district registrar shall not proceed with any registration of an instrument under subsection (1) until the matter is disposed of by an order of the court. Extension of time 79(4) At any time before the expiration of the time limited for proceeding upon the notice of intent to sever, (a) upon application made to the court, and (b) after reasonable notice of the application has been given; the court, for sufficient cause shown, and subject to such conditions as it may impose, may order that the time for proceeding under the notice of intent to sever be extended for such further period as is stated in the order; and the order shall forthwith be filed in the land titles office. Earlier effect of severance 79(5) Notwithstanding the date of registration of the instrument severing a joint tenancy, severance may take effect from a date earlier as determined by a judge on an application therefor. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 18 . Definitions 80(1) The following definitions apply in this section. "interest" includes any estate or interest in land. (« intérêt ») "owner" includes (a) the owner of any registered interest in whose name the interest is registered; or (b) the caveator or assignee of a caveat in whose name the caveat is registered. (« propriétaire ») Protection for person accepting transfer 80(2) A person who contracts for, deals with, takes or proposes to take a transfer, mortgage, encumbrance, lease or other interest from an owner is not — except in the case of fraud or a wrongful act in which that person has participated or colluded — (a) required for the purpose of obtaining priority over a trust or other interest that is not registered by an instrument or caveat, (i) to inquire into or ascertain the circumstances in or the consideration for which the owner or any previous owner of the interest acquired the interest, or (ii) to see to the application of the purchase money or any part of the money; and (b) affected by any notice, direct, implied or constructive, of any trust or other interest in the land that is not registered by an instrument or caveat, despite any rule of law or equity to the contrary. Knowledge of trust 80(3) A person's knowledge that a trust or interest is in existence — although it is not registered by an instrument or a caveat — shall not of itself be imputed as fraud or a wrongful act. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 20 . No entry of trusts 81(1) Except in case of land, mortgages, encumbrances, or leases, held by an executor or administrator or a trustee under a will or in trust for, or to be used in connection with, a church or as a cemetery under The Cemeteries Act , or by a person as a trustee in bankruptcy, or under an authorized assignment, or in connection with a proposal by a debtor for a composition, extension, or scheme of arrangement, to or with his creditors under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the district registrar shall not make any entry in the register containing notice of trusts, expressed, implied, or constructive. Refusal of registration 81(2) Where, in a transfer, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease the transferee, mortgagee, encumbrancer, or lessee is stated to be a trustee in that part of the instrument in which provision is made for setting out his name, residence, and occupation or other description, the district registrar may refuse to register the instrument. District registrar need not inquire 81(3) Where a transferee, mortgagee, encumbrancer, or lessee is described as a trustee, or a trust is disclosed, in any recital, covenant, undertaking, or charge, added to the form of transfer, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, whether or not the beneficiary or object of the trust is mentioned, that description or disclosure does not impose upon the district registrar the duty of making inquiry as to the power of the owner in respect of the land, mortgage, encumbrance, lease, or charge, or the money secured thereby; but, subject to the registration of a caveat, the land, mortgage, encumbrance, lease, or charge may be dealt with as if the description or disclosure had not been included. S.M. 2012, c. 40, s. 39 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 19 . Implied covenants may be modified 82(1) Every covenant and power, declared to be implied in an instrument under this Act, may be negatived or modified by express declaration in the instrument or by endorsement thereon.

Proceedings on implied covenant 82(2) In any action for an alleged breach of such a covenant, the covenant shall be specified, and it shall be alleged that the party against whom the action is brought did so covenant. Effect of implied covenant 82(3) Every implied covenant has the same force and effect, and may be enforced in the same manner, as if it had been set out at length in the instrument. Covenants several, not joint 82(4) Where a memorandum of transfer or other instrument, in accordance with this Act, is executed by more parties than one, the covenants implied therein shall be construed to be several and not to bind the parties jointly. Power of attorney 83(1) A person may, under power of attorney, authorize another person to act for him in respect of the transfer or other dealing with any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease. Revocation or notice of death filed 83(2) No registered power of attorney shall be deemed revoked by act of the parties thereto nor by death unless and until a revocation thereof is registered, or the registration is lapsed upon request, with evidence of death attached. Death between execution and reg. 84 Where a party to an instrument affecting land dies after execution thereof, but before its registration, the registration of the instrument may nevertheless be proceeded with in accordance with this Act, and is valid notwithstanding the death. TRANSFERS Transfer of land 85(1) Where land under the new system is to be transferred, the registered owner may execute a transfer in an approved form, which transfer shall contain an accurate statement of the estate, interest, or easement, being transferred or created, and a memorandum of all leases, mortgages, encumbrances, or liens, to which the land is subject, and upon the registration of the transfer the duplicate certificate of title or duplicate title, if issued, shall be delivered up for cancellation in whole or in part. Easements not to be registered 85(2) A district registrar shall refuse to register a transfer that creates or purports to create an easement or right in the nature of an easement. Declaration re farm instruments 85(3) Every transfer of land, mortgage, encumbrance, memorandum of lease, caveat claiming an interest in land pursuant to an agreement to purchase, an option, a lease or a loan, transmission or application for final order of foreclosure in respect of farm land (in this section collectively called "farm instruments") tendered for registration shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration in an approved form as to the ownership of the farm land of the person claiming the interest or of a person acting on behalf of the person claiming the interest. 85(4) [Repealed] S.M. 1996, c. 68, s. 9 . District registrar may refuse registration 85(5) If the district registrar is not satisfied that the statutory declaration referred to in subsection (3) discloses only interests in farm land as permitted by The Farm Lands Ownership Act , he may refuse to register the farm instrument. Reliance on statutory declaration 85(5.1) A district registrar is not required to make enquiry as to the truth of any of the matters set forth in a statutory declaration as to the ownership of farm land made under subsection (3). Regulations 85(6) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations exempting (a) a class of land; or (b) land or an area of land in any specified part of Manitoba; from the operation of this section. 85(7) [Repealed] S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 20 . 85(8) [Repealed] S.M. 1996, c. 68, s. 9 . Who may make statutory declaration 85(9) A statutory declaration under this section may be made by the person claiming the interest in the farm land who is an individual, an officer of a corporation, or a solicitor for the person claiming the interest, but such declaration shall be made only by a person having personal knowledge of the facts deposed to therein, and may not be made on the basis of information obtained by him and his belief therein. 85(10) and (11) [Repealed] S.M. 1996, c. 68, s. 9 . Farm Lands Ownership Act 85(12) The registration of an instrument by the district registrar does not relieve any person of the obligation to comply with The Farm Lands Ownership Act . 85(13) [Repealed] S.M. 1996, c. 68, s. 9 . S.M. 1993, c. 10, s. 5 ; S.M. 1996, c. 68, s. 9 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 20 and 44. Restrictions on fractional interests 86 A district registrar shall not register a transfer, mortgage or encumbrance, caveat or assignment thereof or court order, which creates an undivided fractional interest in the mines and minerals, or in one or more minerals in, under or upon any parcel of land (a) if that fractional interest is less than an undivided 1/16 interest in the mines and minerals, or in one or more minerals, in under or upon that parcel of land; or (b) if as a result of the transfer, mortgage or encumbrance, there will be outstanding a title for less than an undivided 1/16 interest in mines and minerals, or in one or more minerals, in order that no person shall own less than an undivided 1/16 interest therein; but where an interest under The Registry Act is less than an undivided 1/16 interest at the time it is brought under this Act, pursuant to subsection 47(4) of The Registry Act , the district registrar shall issue title for that interest. S.M. 1995, c. 27, s. 9 . Order in Council deemed a transfer 87 A certified copy of any order of the Governor in Council or of the Lieutenant Governor in Council or any document executed by or on behalf of either of them purporting to transfer, convey, grant, vest or assign the interest of the Crown, in any land that is under this Act to the Government of Canada or of Manitoba or to any municipality, shall be deemed to be a transfer of land under this Act and shall be so registered. Owner may transfer to self and other 88(1) An owner of land registered under this Act may make a valid transfer to himself jointly with any other person; and owners may make a valid transfer to one of their number either solely or jointly with some other person. Executor may transfer to self 88(2) An executor or administrator may make a valid transfer to himself individually. Instrument from receiver 89 A district registrar shall not accept for registration a transmission application, transfer or mortgage or any dealing therewith executed by a receiver or receiver manager, whose appointment has been set out in a mortgage, debenture or encumbrance, unless the appointment of the receiver or receiver manager and the registration of the instrument have first been approved by the court. Words of limitation not necessary 90 No words of limitation are necessary in a transfer of land in order to convey all or any title therein; but every transfer, when registered, operates as an absolute transfer of all such right and title as the transferor had therein at the time of its execution, unless a contrary intention is expressed in the transfer or instrument; but nothing in this section precludes a transfer from operating by way of estoppel. LEASES Form of lease 91(1) Where land under the new system is intended to be leased or demised for a life or lives, or for a term of years, the owner may execute a lease in an approved form, setting forth therein all mortgages, encumbrances, and liens, to which the land is subject, which lease may be registered and a certificate of title for a leasehold estate may issue to the lessee. Surrender of lease 91(2) A lease of land may be terminated by the registration of a surrender of lease in an approved form executed by the registered owner of the lease. Renewals of leases 91(3) Where a certificate of title has been issued for a leasehold estate in land and (a) the lease has been renewed in accordance with a provision of the lease respecting the renewal thereof; or (b) the term of the lease has been amended or extended by an agreement that does not vary the terms of the lease except in respect of the term thereof and the rent payable thereunder; the agreement renewing the lease or amending or extending the term of the lease, as the case may be, if it is in an approved form, may be registered and the district registrar shall record the entry of the renewal, amendment or extension, as the case may be, upon both the certificate of title for the leasehold estate and the certificate of title for the reversionary interest in the land. Amendment of term of life lease 91(4) For greater certainty, for the purposes of this Act, on the assignment of a lease the term of which is for the life of the lessee, an amendment of the lease to provide that the term is for a fixed number of years or for the life of the assignee does not result in a new lease. S.M. 1998, c. 42, s. 53 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Implied covenants 92 In the memorandum of lease, unless a contrary intention appears therein, there shall be implied the following covenants by the lessee, that is to say, (a) that he will pay the rent thereby reserved at the times therein mentioned; and (b) that he will at all times during the continuance of the lease keep, and at the termination thereof yield up, the demised property in good and tenantable repair, accidents and damage to buildings from fire, lightning, storm, and tempest, and reasonable wear and tear, excepted. Implied powers in lessor 93 In the memorandum of lease, unless a contrary intention appears therein, there shall also be implied the following powers in the lessor, that is to say, (a) that he may, by himself or his agents, enter upon the demised property and view the state of repair thereof, and may serve upon the lessee, or leave at his last or usual place of abode or upon the demised property, a notice in writing of any defect, requiring him within a reasonable time, to be therein mentioned, to repair it; (b) that in case the rent or any part thereof is in arrear, or in case default is made in the fulfilment of any covenant, whether expressed or implied in the lease, on the part of the lessee, and the default is continued for the space of two calendar months, or in case the repairs required by the notice have not been completed within the time therein specified, the lessor may enter upon and take possession of the demised property. S.M. 2011, c. 35, s. 43 . Notation of re-entry by lessor 94 A district registrar, upon proof to his or her satisfaction of lawful re-entry and recovery of possession of land by a lessor, (a) shall note it by entry in the register; and (b) may cancel any leasehold title issued in respect of the land and dispense with the production of the duplicate certificate of title or duplicate title, if issued, for the leasehold estate; and the estate of the lessee in the land thereupon determines, but without releasing the lessee from his or her liability in respect of the breach of any covenant in the lease expressed or implied. S.M. 1997, c. 10, s. 2 . Consent of mortgagee to lease required 95 No lease of mortgaged or encumbered land is valid and binding as against a mortgagee or encumbrancer, unless he has consented to the lease prior to the registration thereof; and no surrender of a registered lease shall be registered without the consent in writing of mortgagees or encumbrancers of the land. MORTGAGES AND ENCUMBRANCES New system mortgage or encumbrance 96(1) Where any land, mortgage, or encumbrance, under the new system is to be charged or made security in favour of a mortgagee, the owner shall execute a memorandum of mortgage in an approved form; and, where land is to be charged with or made security for the payment of an annuity, rent charge, or sum of money in favour of an encumbrancer, the owner shall execute a memorandum of encumbrance in an approved form, and every mortgage or encumbrance shall contain an accurate statement of all prior mortgages, encumbrances, or other registered instruments, affecting the land. Execution before land under this Act 96(2) A mortgage or encumbrance on land executed by a person in a form provided by this section before the land is brought under this Act, may be registered after the person has become the registered owner under this Act. Fractional interests 96(3) A district registrar may refuse to accept for registration a mortgage or transfer of mortgage in which the mortgagee is described as the owner of a fractional or undivided interest in the mortgage; but he may accept for registration a mortgage or transfer of mortgage in which there is set out (a) the share or fractional interest of the mortgage moneys contributed by each of two or more mortgagees; or (b) any agreement between two or more mortgagees for sharing the proceeds of the mortgage; or (c) both the shares or fractional interest mentioned in clause (a) and an agreement as mentioned in clause (b). Registration of standard terms 96(4) A person may, with the consent of a district registrar, register a deposit at the land titles office, for the District of Winnipeg, of a set of standard charge mortgage terms. Serial number of standard terms 96(5) Where a set of standard charge mortgage terms is registered under subsection (4), the district registrar of the Winnipeg Land Titles Office shall (a) assign a name and serial number of registration to the set; (b) [repealed] S.M. 2019, c. 5, s. 26 . 96(6) [Repealed] S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 8 . Mortgage to include standard terms 96(7) A mortgage shall be deemed to include a set of standard charge mortgage terms registered under subsection (4) if the set is referred to in the mortgage by its serial number of registration as assigned at the Winnipeg Land Titles Office. No liability for incorrect reference 96(7.1) No person is entitled to compensation under this Act for loss occasioned by the registration of a mortgage that refers or purports to refer to a set of standard charge mortgage terms where (a) the reference differs from the name or serial number of registration assigned to the set of terms under subsection (5); or (b) no set of terms has been registered under this section. Term may be varied or amended 96(8) A term deemed to be included in a mortgage by subsection (7), may, in a schedule to the mortgage, be expressly excluded or may be varied by setting out the term appropriately amended, and where varied or amended, the varied or amended terms prevails. Mortgage to refer to only one set 96(9) Only one set of standard charge mortgage terms may be referred to in a mortgage. Express term to prevail 96(10) Where there is a conflict between an express term in a mortgage and a term deemed to be included in the mortgage, by subsection (7), the express term prevails. Limitation on registration of set 96(11) A mortgage that refers to a set of standard charge mortgage terms registered under subsection (4) by the name and serial number of registration of the set shall not be registered before a copy of the set is available in the land titles office district where the mortgage is to be registered. Mortgagee to provide copy 96(12) A person named as mortgagee in a mortgage containing standard charge mortgage terms that have been registered under subsection (4), shall provide the mortgagor or mortgagor's solicitor with a copy of the standard charge mortgage terms. Registrar General authorization required 96(13) If a district registrar is satisfied that a mortgage presented for registration contains terms that should be registered under subsection (4) because of the frequency of their use in mortgages in favour of the mortgagee, the district registrar may give the mortgagee notice that on and after a certain specified date, no mortgage in favour of the mortgagee that sets the terms out expressly shall be registered without the Registrar General's authorization. S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 8 ; S.M. 1995, c. 27, s. 10 ; S.M. 1997, c. 10, s. 3 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 21 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 21 and 44; S.M. 2019, c. 5, s. 26 . Mortgages to secure future liability 97 A mortgage to secure a future or contingent liability shall set forth the nature and extent of the liability and the conditions or contingencies on which it is to accrue. Mortgage does not transfer any estate 98 A mortgage or an encumbrance under the new system has effect as security but does not operate as a transfer of the land charged. Registration in application 99 During the time an application is pending to bring land under this Act, a mortgage or encumbrance, in an approved form, which affects the land may be filed with the district registrar, who, upon the issue of the certificate of title, may present the mortgage or encumbrance for registration; and, if more than one mortgage or encumbrance is filed, they are entitled to priority in the order of filing. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Production and destruction of duplicate title 100(1) When land is made subject to a mortgage or encumbrance, the duplicate certificate of title, if issued, shall be deposited with the district registrar, who may then destroy it. 100(2) [Repealed] S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 22 . S.M. 2001, c. 8, s. 6 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 22 . Transfer of mortgage 101(1) A mortgage or encumbrance may be transferred by a transfer executed in an approved form, and registered in the same manner as an instrument of a similar nature under this Act. Registration to pass rights 101(2) Upon the registration of a transfer of a mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, the mortgage or encumbrance or the estate or interest of the lessee, as set forth in the transfer, with all rights, powers, and privileges, thereto belonging or appertaining, passes to the transferee; and the transferee thereupon becomes mortgagee, encumbrancer, or lessee, and is subject to the same requirements, and liable for the same liabilities, as he would have been subject to and liable for, if so named in the original instrument. Right of transferee to sue on mortgage 101(3) By virtue of a transfer of a mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, the right to sue thereupon and to recover any debt, sum of money, annuity, or damages thereunder, notwithstanding it may be held to constitute a chose in action, and all interest at the time of the transfer, in the debt, sum of money, annuity, or damages, are transferred, so as to vest them in the transferee; but nothing in this section prevents the court from giving effect to any trusts affecting the debt, sum of money, annuity, or damages, in case the transferee holds it as trustee for any other person. Mortgage of mortgage deemed a transfer 101(4) A mortgagee of a mortgage or encumbrance shall, for the purposes of this section but subject to redemption, be deemed a transferee of the mortgage or encumbrance. Discharge by mortgagee of a mortgage 101(5) A mortgagee of a mortgage or encumbrance may discharge the original mortgage upon payment of the balance owing thereon, notwithstanding that the amount paid to him exceeds the amount owing to him under the mortgage of mortgage; but in such a case he shall account for the surplus to the mortgagee under the original mortgage. Prohibition 101(6) A mortgagee who has mortgaged his mortgage, shall not again mortgage the mortgage unless the first mortgage of mortgage has been discharged or a discharge thereof has been registered in series with the new mortgage of mortgage; but he may transfer the original mortgage subject to the mortgage thereof. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Assignment of mortgage 102 An assignment or mortgage of a mortgage or encumbrance, to which land was subject when it was brought under this Act, whether the assignment or mortgage of a mortgage is made before or after the land was brought under this Act, may be made according to the forms in use under the old system and may be registered under the new system in the same manner as other instruments of a like nature. Discharge of mortgage 103(1) Upon the production of a discharge of a mortgage or encumbrance, duly executed, discharging the whole or part of the mortgage or encumbrance or the whole or part of the land comprised in the mortgage or encumbrance from the moneys thereby secured, the district registrar shall make an entry in the register, to the effect that the mortgage or encumbrance is discharged wholly or partially or that part of the land is discharged and, upon the entry being made, the mortgage or encumbrance is released to the extent stated in the discharge. Effect of partial discharge 103(2) Where a mortgagee or encumbrancer has, by registration of one or more partial discharges, discharged all the land subject to his mortgage or encumbrance, the partial discharge which released all or the balance of the land mortgaged or encumbered shall, in so far as the records of the Land Titles Office are concerned, be deemed to be a final discharge of the mortgage or encumbrance; but nothing in this subsection affects any right of the mortgagee or encumbrancer to take action upon, or enforce, any covenant to pay moneys owing to him and secured by the mortgage or encumbrance. Meanings 103(3) In this section the expressions " discharge " and " partial discharge " include any tax sale or other proceeding whereby title to the lands or part of the lands included in a mortgage or encumbrance is issued clear of, and unaffected by, the mortgage or encumbrance. Discharge of encumbrance 104 Upon proof of the death of the annuitant, or of the occurrence of the event or circumstance upon which, in accordance with the provisions of a memorandum of encumbrance, the annuity or sum of money thereby secured is to cease to be payable, and upon proof that all arrears of the annuity and interest or money have been paid, satisfied, or discharged, the district registrar shall make an entry in the register to the effect that the annuity or sum of money is satisfied and discharged; and, upon the entry being made, the land ceases to be subject to, or liable for, the annuity or sum of money. Repayment of mortgage moneys 105(1) Where a mortgagor is entitled to redeem the mortgage by payment of the moneys due thereunder (a) if he is unable to find the mortgagee or any person entitled to receive the moneys and discharge the mortgage, after having made all due and reasonable inquiries and searches for the purpose; or (b) there would be unreasonable delay in obtaining a discharge of mortgage from the mortgagee; or (c) if the mortgagee, having been paid or tendered, whether in accordance with the terms of the mortgage or in accordance with any law relating to the right to pay or tender moneys the payment of which is secured under a mortgage, the amount claimed by the mortgagor to be due under the mortgage or the payment of which is claimed by the mortgagor to be secured under the mortgage, neglects to furnish a discharge of mortgage or refuses to do so on the ground that an amount greater than that paid or tendered by the mortgagor is owing, due, or secured, or on any other ground; the mortgagor may apply to the court for an order discharging the mortgage or determining the balance owing; and the costs of the application, including the taking of accounts, are in the discretion of the court. Payment into court 105(2) Where an application is made under subsection (1), the court may order that the amount found to be due under the mortgage, if it has not already been paid to the mortgagee or a person entitled to receive it and discharge the mortgage, or any balance of that amount not so paid, shall be paid into court as a condition of making an order discharging the mortgage. Disposal of moneys paid in 105(3) Where moneys are paid into court under subsection (2), the person entitled thereto may apply to the court for payment of the moneys to him; and the court, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the moneys, may make the order; and if no such application is made within twelve years from the date of the payment into court, or if any application made within that period is dismissed, the moneys are thereupon forfeited to the Crown and The Escheats Act thereupon applies thereto. Interest holder to register discharge of interest 105.1(1) A person who is registered as an owner of an interest in land that is less than a fee simple interest must submit to the district registrar in the appropriate land titles office, a discharge of the interest in a form that is registrable under this Act, within 60 days after (a) all of the obligations under the instrument or this Act on which the interest is based have been performed; or (b) the interest has ceased to exist by operation of the law; whichever is earlier. Notice of discharge 105.1(2) The person who submits a discharge of an interest to the district registrar under subsection (1) must, as soon as practicable after the discharge is registered, give written notice to the following persons that the discharge was registered: (a) the owner of the land; (b) the person who paid the charge under subsection (3). Charge for providing discharge 105.1(3) The person who submits a discharge of an interest to a district registrar under subsection (1) must not charge an amount for preparing and registering the discharge that exceeds the maximum amount set out in the regulations. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 23 . Statute barred mortgage 106(1) Where a limitation imposed by The Limitations Act in regard to a mortgage or encumbrance made under this Act, comes into effect, a mortgagor under the mortgage or a person whose land is charged with the encumbrance may apply to the court for a declaration and order extinguishing the mortgage or encumbrance. Court to grant order 106(2) Where, on an application made under subsection (1) the court is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the declaration and order for which the application is made, the court shall declare that the mortgage or encumbrance is statute barred and thereby extinguished and shall, by order, direct the district registrar to note upon every certificate of title which was subject to the mortgage or encumbrance that the mortgage or encumbrance is statute barred and thereby extinguished and thereafter to treat the mortgage or encumbrance as if it had been wholly discharged by the person entitled by law to discharge it. S.M. 2021, c. 44, s. 47 . Registrar-General may order discharge 107 The Registrar-General, upon proof being made to his satisfaction that all moneys due and owing upon the mortgage have been fully satisfied, and that the mortgage should be discharged, may order the district registrar to cause an entry to be made in the register discharging the mortgage, and the entry is a valid discharge of the mortgage. Notice of builders' lien 108 On the filing of a builders' lien, the district registrar shall forthwith notify the owner of the land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, affected thereby of the filing by ordinary mail. S.M. 1990-91, c. 12, s. 16 . Registration of postponement 109(1) Any person appearing on the register to be entitled to the benefit of (a) a mortgage or encumbrance; or (b) a builders' lien under The Builders' Liens Act ; or (c) a judgment, lien or other instrument which has been registered and which claims or purports to claim an interest in or a charge on the lands of a debtor; or (d) a lease; or (e) a caveat; or (f) a statutory easement; (g) a lien or charge created by, or arising under an Act of the Legislature in favour of the Government of Manitoba, or in favour of a municipality; or (h) a notice filed under The Personal Property Security Act ; (hereinafter in this section called "the instrument affected") that has been registered or filed against any land, may postpone his rights thereunder by execution and registration of a postponement in an approved form. Execution of postponement 109(1.1) A postponement under subsection (1) may be executed by an agent where that agent also executed the instrument affected. Effect of registration of postponement 109(2) Where the person executing such a postponement registers it as provided in subsection (1), the registration thereof postpones his rights under the instrument affected respecting the land described in the postponement to those arising out of the subsequent mortgage or other instrument to which it is expressed to be postponed in the same manner and to the same extent as if the instrument affected had been registered or filed immediately after the registration or filing of the mortgage or other instrument to which it is so expressed to be postponed. S.M. 1989-90, c. 90, s. 38 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 24 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Variation of mortgage or encumbrance 110(1) Where an agreement (a) amends a registered mortgage to (i) extend the period for repayment of the unpaid balance owing under the mortgage upon revised terms, (ii) vary the description of the mortgaged land to add land to the lands already affected by the mortgage, (iii) vary any other term of the mortgage, other than the description of the mortgaged land to remove land from the lands already affected by the mortgage, (iv) add the name of a person as a covenantor under the mortgage, or (v) correct an error made before the execution of the mortgage or in an amendment previously registered under this section; or (b) amends a registered encumbrance to (i) vary the description of the encumbered land to add land to the lands already affected by the encumbrance, (ii) vary any other term of the encumbrance, other than the description of the encumbered land to remove land from the lands already affected by the encumbrance, (ii.1) prevent an instrument or caveat from becoming void by operation of section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act in accordance with subsection 152.1(3) of this Act, or (iii) correct an error made before the execution of the encumbrance or in an amendment previously registered under this section; a memorandum of agreement in an approved form may be registered. Consent of all affected persons 110(2) An agreement registered under subsection (1), other than an agreement that only adds a covenantor under a mortgage, must have endorsed on it or annexed to it the consent of all persons appearing on the register to have a claim or interest subsequent in priority to the mortgage or encumbrance, other than persons having a claim or interest described in section 141. Each consent must be accompanied by an affidavit of execution of a subscribing witness. Consent — grocery store or supermarket property control 110(2.1) Consent of all persons appearing on the register to have a claim or interest subsequent in priority to the encumbrance is not required under subsection (2) in respect of a registration made under clause 152.1(3)⁠(b) unless the amendment broadens the scope or effect of the property control to which section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act applies as determined by the district registrar. Effect of agreement 110(3) Upon the registration of an agreement under subsection (1), the terms of the agreement have the same force and effect as if embodied in and forming part of the mortgage or encumbrance, and have the same priority as the mortgage or encumbrance. Meaning of "encumbrance" 110(4) Despite section 1, in this section "encumbrance" means an instrument described in subsection 109(1), other than a mortgage. S.M. 1997, c. 10, s. 4 ; S.M. 1999, c. 18, s. 23 ; S.M. 2005, c. 5, s. 2 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 ; S.M. 2025, c. 27, s. 4 . Definition of "eligible grantee" 111(1) In this section and in sections 111.1 to 111.5, "eligible grantee" means (a) the Crown, Manitoba Hydro, a municipality, a local government district or an industrial townsite incorporated under The Local Government Districts Act ; (b) The Bell Telephone Company of Canada, or Bell Canada, or the owner of a public utility, as defined in The Public Utilities Board Act , not otherwise described in clause (a); (c) a person who carries on an activity or undertaking described in clause (3)⁠(a) or acquires a right to do so; or (d) a person in a class of persons designated by regulation. Granting right that is registrable as a statutory easement 111(2) In respect of an activity or undertaking described in subsection (3), the following may, by executing an instrument, grant to an eligible grantee a right over land that may be registered as a statutory easement: (a) the owner of the land; (b) any person entitled to be registered as the owner of the land; (c) if the land has been sold by agreement of purchase and sale, both the vendor and the purchaser under the agreement or by their personal representatives or assigns. Activities and undertakings 111(3) A right over land under this section may be granted in respect of the following activities or undertakings: (a) constructing, erecting, laying, carrying, operating, maintaining or doing the following: (i) storing, conveying or supplying water, (ii) inundating land, (iii) drainage or supplying drainage services, (iv) disposing of sewage or supplying sewage services, (v) supplying light, telephone, telegraph, cable television, Internet, telecommunications or fire protection, (vi) supplying or generating power, (vii) a public work, as defined in The Public Works Act , gas pipe line, as defined in The Gas Pipe Line Act , pipeline, as defined in The Oil and Gas Act , railway or wind turbine, (viii) an activity or undertaking similar to those in subclauses (i) to (vii); (b) works and facilities that are related to the activities and undertakings described in clause (a), such as pipes, conduits, cables, wires, poles, transmission lines, waterworks and water control works. Applicable to old and new system land 111(4) A right under this section may be granted in respect of land, whether under the old or new system. Liability of grantor limited 111(5) Unless the instrument granting the right under this section expressly provides otherwise, the grantor is not liable for a breach of a covenant contained in the instrument that is committed after the grantor ceases to hold an interest in the land affected by the statutory easement. Interpretation of "instrument" 111(6) An instrument under this section includes an instrument granting an interest in land or transferring administration and control of Crown land between the Crown in right of Canada and the Crown in right of Manitoba. S.M. 1995, c. 16, s. 5 ; S.M. 1996, c. 64, s. 13 ; S.M. 1996, c. 79, s. 37 ; S.M. 2004, c. 42, s. 47 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 25 ; S.M. 2013, c. 54, s. 63 ; S.M. 2021, c. 45, s. 23 . Right becomes statutory easement on registration 111.1(1) Once the instrument is registered in accordance with subsection (2), a right granted by an instrument under section 111 (a) becomes a statutory easement and is an easement for all purposes; (b) is an interest in land; and (c) runs with the land notwithstanding that the benefit of the right is not appurtenant or annexed to any land of the eligible grantee in whose favour the right was granted; and the conditions and covenants expressed in the instrument apply to and bind the respective successors, personal representatives and assigns of the grantor and grantee, except to the extent that a contrary intention appears in the instrument. Registration of statutory easement 111.1(2) To register a right granted by an instrument under section 111 as a statutory easement, an eligible grantee must register, (a) if the land is under the old system, the instrument granting the right in the registry office in the district in which the land is situated; or (b) if the land is under the new system, (i) the instrument granting the right, if it is in a form satisfactory to the district registrar, or (ii) a caveat that has a copy of the instrument attached to it. Declaration also required 111.1(3) To register an instrument referred to in subsection (2), an eligible grantee must also provide the district registrar with a statutory declaration that is satisfactory to the district registrar declaring that they are an eligible grantee. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 25 . Definition of "right analogous to an easement" 111.2(1) In this section, "right analogous to an easement" means a right granted by an instrument under subsection 111(1), as that subsection read immediately before the coming into force of this section. Transition — rights analogous to easements 111.2(2) A right analogous to an easement is deemed to be a statutory easement and is an easement for all purposes if, (a) in accordance with section 111, as that provision read before the coming into force of this section, the following was registered or filed: (i) the instrument that granted the right, (ii) a caveat with a copy of the instrument attached; or (b) after the coming into force of this section, an eligible grantee registers or files (i) the instrument that granted the right, or (ii) a caveat with a copy of the instrument attached. Current interest in land not required to register a right 111.2(3) Subject to subsection (4), an instrument or caveat described in clause (2)⁠(b) may be accepted by the district registrar despite the instrument having been executed by a person who has ceased to hold the interest in the land by virtue of which the person executed the instrument. Registration without current interest time limited 111.2(4) Subsection (3) ceases to have effect on or after the day that is 10 years after the day this section came into force. Registration after time limit does not create statutory easement 111.2(5) For greater certainty, a statutory easement is not created by the registering or filing of an instrument that granted a right analogous to an easement, or by registering a caveat with a copy of the instrument attached, if the registration or filing takes effect on or after a day that is 10 years after the day this section came into force. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 25 . Limitation on assignment or transfer 111.3(1) A statutory easement may be (a) assigned, if in respect of land under the old system; or (b) transferred, if in respect of land under the new system; only to another eligible grantee. Declaration required 111.3(2) An assignment or transfer of a statutory easement may be registered but to do so, the assignee or transferee must provide the district registrar with a statutory declaration declaring that they are an eligible grantee. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 25 . Discharge of statutory easement 111.4(1) By executing a discharge, an eligible grantee may discharge a statutory easement in respect of all or any part of the land over which the statutory easement has been granted. Effect of discharge 111.4(2) On the registration of a discharge, all rights of the eligible grantee under the instrument that created the statutory easement cease to the extent those rights are discharged. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 25 . District registrar may vacate statutory easements 111.5(1) On request, the district registrar may issue a notice of intent to vacate a statutory easement and serve it on the person who holds the rights under it, if satisfied that (a) the person has ceased to be an eligible grantee; (b) the person has ceased to carry on any of the activities and undertakings described in clause 111(3)⁠(a); or (c) the person has abandoned the right to carry on an activity or undertaking described in clause 111(3)⁠(a) in respect of the land over which the statutory easement was granted. When district registrar may take action 111.5(2) The district registrar may vacate a statutory easement under subsection (1) unless, within 30 days after the notice of his or her intent to do so is served on the person who holds the rights under the easement, the person shows cause why the statutory easement should not be vacated. Restriction 111.5(3) A notice under this section may not be issued in respect of an entity described in clause 111(1)⁠(a) or (b). Service of notice 111.5(4) Subsection 147(2) applies to the service of a notice under subsection (1) as if it were a notice under subsection 147(1). S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 25 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 22 . Issue of statutory easement titles 112(1) An eligible grantee may request that the district registrar issue a title in respect of the grantee's rights under a statutory easement, if the statutory easement is registered against land under the new system. Requirements for title to issue 112(2) A title may be issued in respect of a statutory easement if the following plan, as applicable, has been registered, as well as the instrument granting the statutory easement: (a) if a request is made in respect of (i) a gas pipe line or a pipeline, a plan certified by a Manitoba land surveyor and approved by the Examiner of Surveys, or (ii) an expropriation that is subject to The Gas Pipe Line Act , a plan of survey defining the lands covered by the expropriation; (b) in any other case, a plan certified by a Manitoba land surveyor and approved by the Examiner of Surveys, if the district registrar is of the opinion that such a plan is required. Registered encumbrances on titles 112(3) The title for a statutory easement shall issue clear of any prior registered interest that affects the easement, other than any encumbrances created by the owner of the easement. Cancelling a statutory easement title 112(4) A title for a statutory easement may be cancelled if (a) the holder of the statutory easement registers a discharge under section 111.4 and all parties having registered encumbrances against the title of the statutory easement consent to the title being cancelled; (b) the statutory easement has been vacated by the district registrar under section 111.5; or (c) the court has ordered that the title be cancelled. Easement title may be transferred 112(5) The holder of a statutory easement may transfer a title for a statutory easement, but only by way of a transfer of land and only to another eligible grantee. Requirements to subdivide easement title 112(6) A title for a statutory easement may be subdivided and transferred to another eligible grantee if a plan certified by a Manitoba land surveyor and approved by the Examiner of Surveys has been registered in respect of the subdivision. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 9 ; S.M. 1993, c. 4, s. 236 ; S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 9 ; S.M. 1995, c. 27, s. 12 ; S.M. 1996, c. 79, s. 37 ; S.M. 2007, c. 8, s. 3 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 26 . Mortgagee's rights 113 A first mortgagee, for the time being, of land under this Act, has, during the currency of his mortgage, the same rights and remedies at law and in equity as he would have had, had the legal estate in the land or term mortgaged been vested in him, with a right in the owner of the land of quiet enjoyment thereof until default in the payment of money secured thereby, or in the performance of a covenant expressed or implied therein. Right to lease land 114(1) In case default under a mortgage or encumbrance continues for the space of one month, or for such longer period of time as is therein for that purpose expressly limited, the mortgagee or encumbrancer may enter into possession of the land and receive and take the rents, issues, and profits thereof, and whether in or out of possession may make such lease of the land or of any part of it as he sees fit. Effect of lease by mortgagee 114(2) A lease by the mortgagee or encumbrancer to a person other than the mortgagor or owner of land subject to an encumbrance is not binding upon the mortgagor or owner of land subject to an encumbrance after three years from the date of its commencement. When acceleration clause not binding 115 Where default occurs in making a payment due under a mortgage or in the observance of a covenant contained therein, and, under the terms of the mortgage, by reason of such a default, the whole principal and interest secured thereby has become due and payable, the mortgagor may, notwithstanding a provision in the mortgage to the contrary, and at any time prior to sale or foreclosure, perform the covenant or pay the arrears, together with costs to be taxed by the district registrar; and he is thereupon relieved from the consequences of non-payment of so much of the mortgage money as has not become payable by reason of lapse of time. Interpretation of encumbrances 116 Notwithstanding the terms actually used in an encumbrance to describe the parties thereto, regard shall be given to the context thereof, and the person entitled to the benefit of an encumbrance or to require payment or discharge thereof has, and is subject to, the rights, remedies, and liabilities, conferred or imposed upon an encumbrancer as that term is defined in this Act, and the owner of the land encumbered, whether or not he is described as the encumbrancer, has, and is subject to, the rights, remedies, and liabilities, conferred or imposed by this Act upon the person who owns the land so encumbered. PLANS Plans of subdivision 117(1) Where a person subdivides land, the plan of subdivision shall not be registered unless it is approved by the Registrar-General and in accordance with the provisions of The Planning Act . Application of subsection (1) 117(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to land situated within The City of Winnipeg. Approval required for registration 117(3) No plan of subdivision to which The City of Winnipeg Charter applies, shall be registered unless approval is given to the plan under that Act and unless approval is given by the Registrar-General under this Act. Form of approval 117(4) The approval of The City of Winnipeg shall be authenticated, for the purpose of registration, by the signature of the person or persons appointed by by-law of the council for the purpose and the approval of The Municipal Board shall be by order. Requirements of Registrar-General 117(5) Before approving a plan of subdivision, the Registrar-General may require (a) the cancellation under The Municipal Board Act of any existing plans or portions thereof affecting the land in the plan of subdivision; or (b) the inclusion in the plan of subdivision of any adjacent parcels of land which are not defined on any registered plan, and of any public streets or lanes; or both. Nature of plan 117(6) The plan presented to the district registrar for registration shall be in accordance with the following provisions: (a) All roads, streets, lanes, passages, thoroughfares, squares, or reserves, appropriated or set apart for public use shall be shown as such, and distinctly delineated on the plan and have their measurements marked thereon. (b) All allotments into which the land is divided shall be marked with distinct numbers or letters on the plan. (c) Subject to subsection (7), each angle of each allotment shall be defined on the ground by the surveyor by a post or monument of a durable character, and the manner by which each angle is so defined shall be shown on the plan. (d) The plan shall show distinctly a sufficient number of angular and lineal measurements, from which can be deduced the dimensions and bearing of each boundary of each and all the allotments into which the land is divided. (e) Subject to subsection (8), the original section or parish lot lines, according to the survey thereof by the Dominion or provincial government, or a sufficient number of them to show the location and connection of the subdivision therewith, shall be shown on the plan. (f) Where the plan is a subdivision of a lot or lots on a previously registered plan, it may be required that there be shown, in a distinct manner on the plan, the numbers or other distinguishing marks of the lot or lots subdivided, and the boundary lines thereof. (g) Subject to subsection (9), unless the municipal board otherwise orders, a plan upon which there is indicated a portion which is vested in the Crown or municipality as provided in section 119, shall be signed by each owner and caveator or his authorized agent. (h) Subject to subsection (9), a plan upon which there is no indication of a portion which is vested in the Crown or a municipality as provided in section 119, shall be signed by the registered owner of the land.

Authority as to survey of subdivisions 117(7) The Registrar-General may, subject to such conditions as he imposes, allow a subdivision to be made and evidenced in the following manner: Instead of requiring a post or monument at each angle of each allotment, there shall be erected at intervals monuments of a permanent character; and the monuments, with the information on the plan showing their location, are the evidence of the block outlines of the survey, and the registered plan of the subdivision is the evidence of the manner in which each block of land is subdivided into allotments. Clause (6)⁠(e) dispensed with 117(8) When a connection with the original survey lines has been sufficiently shown on a previously registered plan, the provision set out in clause (6)⁠(e) may be dispensed with. Signature in respect of parcel 117(9) Where the Registrar-General has required under clause (5)⁠(b) the inclusion in a plan of any adjacent parcel, the signature of an owner or caveator of the parcel is not required on the plan in respect of the parcel. District registrar to deliver one of the plans 117(10) Forthwith after registration, the district registrar shall forward to the Examiner of Surveys, and to the clerk of the municipality in which the land is situated, one of the plans, on each of which he shall endorse a certificate of the date, number, and other particulars of the registration. Registered within 60 days 117(11) No plan shall be registered after the expiration of 60 days from the time the Registrar-General gives his approval thereto. Delegation of authority 117(12) The Registrar General may delegate to any member of the staff of the Land Titles Office the authority to approve plans of subdivision under this section. S.M. 1991-92, c. 15, s. 25 ; S.M. 2002, c. 39, s. 535 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 23 . Consents 118 If a consent to the registration or filing of an instrument has been granted under The City of Winnipeg Charter , a certificate of the consent signed by an employee of The City of Winnipeg who is designated by the city council for that purpose may accompany the instrument when it is registered or filed in a land titles office. S.M. 2002, c. 39, s. 533 . Plans dedicating streets 119(1) The indication upon a plan of subdivision registered in a land titles office or registry office of a portion of the land covered by the plan as a street, lane, avenue, footpath, walkway, road, highway, park, public square or other means of communication not designated thereon to be of a private nature, or as a public reserve, shall be deemed a dedication of that portion of the land to the public. Title to streets and Crown and public reserve 119(2) Upon the registration of a plan, (a) the title to any portion of the land covered by the plan indicated on the plan as a street, lane, avenue, footpath, walkway, road, highway, public square or other means of communication, is vested in the Crown free from all registered instruments other than a pipeline easement or statutory easement, subject however to the right of the municipality to the possession thereof; (b) the title to any portion of the land covered by the plan indicated on the plan as Crown reserve is vested in the Crown free from all registered instruments other than a pipeline easement or statutory easement; and (c) the title to any portion of the land covered by the plan indicated on the plan as public reserve is vested free from all registered instruments other than a pipeline easement or statutory easement (i) where the land is situated in a municipality, in that municipality, and (ii) where the land is not situated in a municipality, in the Crown. Definition of "pipeline easement" 119(3) In subsection (2), "pipeline easement" means an easement for a gas pipe line as defined in The Gas Pipe Line Act , or a pipeline as defined in The Oil and Gas Act . S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 27 ; S.M. 2026, c. 40, s. 1 . Certain sales may be rescinded 120 Where a person sells or conveys, or agrees to sell or convey, a lot or parcel of land, by number or letter according to a plan of subdivision, whether under the operation of this Act or not, before the plan has been registered, the purchaser of the lot or parcel, without knowledge of the non-registration of the plan, or of the necessity therefor, or a person claiming under him, may, at his option, on acquiring the knowledge, rescind the contract of purchase, and recover back all money paid thereunder, with interest, and taxes paid or expenses incurred in consequence of the purchase; and he has a lien on the lot or parcel for all such money to the extent of the vendor's interest in the lot or parcel; but the vendor is, nevertheless, bound by the contract, deed, or conveyance, if the purchaser does not rescind it. Plans for simplifying descriptions 121(1) The Registrar-General or a district registrar may direct that a plan compiled from documents and plans registered in a land titles office, hereinafter in this section referred to as a "special plot", be prepared by the Examiner of Surveys for the purpose of simplifying the description of the land of each owner in the area covered by the plan. Correction of errors for special plot 121(2) Where, in the opinion of the Registrar-General, a boundary to be dealt with under a special plot has become ambiguous or in error, he may correct the boundary with the written consent of the owners affected thereby, or he may have the matter dealt with under the provisions of The Special Survey Act . Approval of special plot 121(3) After completion of a special plot, the Registrar-General or a district registrar may approve it, and thereafter the plan may be registered in the proper land titles office without payment of any fees for registration or entries. Effect of registration of special plot 121(4) Upon the registration thereof, the special plot shall become the official plan of the land affected thereby subject to any surveyed boundaries delineated upon any registered plans affecting the land, and, where he deems it desirable to do so, the district registrar may cancel the existing certificates of title and issue new certificates of title to the owners of the lots shown on the special plot. Conveyance of portion of special plot 121(5) The owner of a lot shown on a special plot who intends to convey a portion thereof shall have a plan prepared under the provisions of this Act by a Manitoba land surveyor of (a) the portion of the lot he intends to convey; and (b) the balance of the lot; and the registration of the conveyance shall be accompanied by a request to issue a new certificate of title for the balance of the lot according to the plan. Alternative to plans 121(6) Where, in the opinion of the district registrar, the cost of preparing a plan as required under subsection (5) would be unduly burdensome in relation to the intended use and value of the land and other relevant circumstances, he may (a) in the case of a conveyance, accept a plan prepared by a Manitoba land surveyor on the basis of the special plot certified by the surveyor in an approved form; or (b) in the case of an encumbrance, accept a document containing a description of part of the lot under the special plot. S.M. 2012, c. 40, s. 39 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 24 and 44. Correction of registered plan 122 Where in a plan registered, filed, or deposited, there is an omission, clerical error, or other defect, a district registrar may have it corrected in such manner as to him seems best; and he shall thereupon enter upon the plan an order stating in what respect it stands amended, and thereafter the plan shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have been so amended or corrected from the time of its registration, and the description of land in any instrument shall thereafter be construed as if it referred to the plan as corrected. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 25 . Certifying copies of plans 123 A district registrar may cause a copy of a plan registered, filed or deposited in a registry office or land titles office, to be made under the direction of the Examiner of Surveys, who, together with the district registrar, shall certify that it is a true copy of the original. A certified copy has the same force and effect as the original plan. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 26 . Plan for opening roads and drains 124(1) Where a by-law or plan for the opening up of a highway or drain is presented for registration or deposit to the district registrar under The Municipal Act , The Expropriation Act , or a city charter, the plan shall be in accordance with the following provisions: (a) The plan shall exhibit, distinctly delineated, the width and direction of each course of the highway or drain. (b) The manner by which the highway or drain is defined on the ground by the surveyor shall be shown on the plan. (c) The original section or parish lot lines according to the survey thereof by the Dominion or provincial government shall be shown on the plan, and there shall also be shown a sufficient number of angular and lineal measurements to show the location and connection of the highway or drain with each original section or lot affected thereby; but when a connection with the original survey lines has been sufficiently shown on a previously registered plan, this provision may be dispensed with. Plans forwarded Examiner of Surveys 124(2) Forthwith after the deposit, the district registrar shall forward to the Examiner of Surveys one of the plans, on which shall be endorsed by the district registrar a certificate of the date, number, and other particulars, of the deposit. Registration to affect both systems 124(3) Where part of the land registered in a land titles office, and affected by the by-law or plan, is under the old system and part under the new system, the by-law or plan shall be registered against the land under both systems. Lot from which lane taken 124(4) Where a portion of a lot in a plan of subdivision has been taken and vested in a municipality or the Crown for a lane, the remaining portion of the lot shall be held to be properly described in an instrument presented for registration by giving its number on the plan without specifically excepting therefrom the part so taken for a lane, and the instrument shall be read as if the lane were specifically excepted. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 27 . Plans of right-of-way 125(1) All plans of land taken for a right-of-way for any purpose, presented for filing, deposit, or registration, with the district registrar, shall state the purpose for which the land is required and be in accordance with the following provisions: (a) The area taken from each quarter section or parish lot shall be shown on the plan. (b) The original section or parish lot lines according to the survey thereof by the Government of Canada or the Government of Manitoba shall be shown, and a sufficient number of angular and lineal measurements to define the limits of the land taken for the right-of-way, and to show their connection with each original section or parish lot through which the right-of-way passes. (c) Where the location of the right-of-way is through land which has been surveyed into allotments, and shown on a registered plan, the plan shall show distinctly, as to all allotments taken in whole or in part for the right-of-way, the lines of each allotment according to the plan of its survey, and a sufficient number of angular and lineal measurements to show the location and connection of the right-of-way with each registered allotment. (d) The land so taken or required shall be defined on the ground by durable posts placed at all points designated or required by the Registrar-General, and the plan shall show the location of those posts. One of the plans to be forwarded 125(2) Forthwith after the deposit, the district registrar shall forward to the Examiner of Surveys one of the plans on which shall be endorsed by the district registrar a certificate of the date, number, and other particulars, of the deposit. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 28 . Railway lands 126 Where, by virtue of any statute of Canada or of the province, land, or an estate or interest in land, has become vested in a railway corporation by reason of the deposit of a plan in a land titles office, a certificate or certificates of title for the land, estate, or interest, shall forthwith issue to the corporation, free from encumbrances; but this does not in any way prejudice the claim to compensation of any person entitled thereto by reason of the taking of the land, estate, or interest. Requirement for plan of survey 127(1) A district registrar may require an eligible grantee, as defined in subsection 111(1), or an owner of land who wishes to file an instrument or a caveat, or an assignment of an instrument or caveat, against land respecting a statutory easement to file a plan of survey if, in the opinion of the district registrar, the location of the land or statutory easement is not sufficiently defined on any registered plan, and if the owner or eligible grantee does not comply with the requirement the district registrar may (a) in respect of an owner of land, refuse to accept for registration any instrument relating to the land; and (b) in respect of a caveat, refuse to accept the caveat or assignment of caveat for filing or any instrument relating to the caveat for registration. Notice of intention that plan required 127(2) A district registrar may give notice of intention that a plan of survey is required by making an entry on the certificate of title to that effect. Approval of local authority 127(3) A plan shall not be filed by an owner of land referred to in subsection (1) unless (a) where the land is situated in the City of Winnipeg, the plan has been approved under Part 6 of The City of Winnipeg Charter or consent has been granted under Part 6 of that Act to the registration or filing of the plan; (b) where the land is situated in northern Manitoba as that expression is defined in The Northern Affairs Act , by the member of The Executive Council charged with the administration of that Act or a person authorized by him to approve the plan on his behalf; and (c) subject to subsection (5), where the land is not situated in the City of Winnipeg or in northern Manitoba as that expression is defined in The Northern Affairs Act , the plan is approved in accordance with the provisions of The Planning Act and a certificate of the approval is endorsed on the plan. Accompanying documents 127(4) Where a plan is filed by an owner of land referred to in subsection (1), unless the provisions of this subsection are waived by the district registrar, the plan shall be accompanied by documents to be registered which deal with or request a certificate of title for all parcels on the plan. Approval under Planning Act 127(5) Approval in accordance with the provisions of The Planning Act and the certificate of the approval mentioned in clause (3)⁠(c) are not required where each of the parcels shown on the plan comprises all or the balance of the land contained in a certificate of title or deed. S.M. 1991-92, c. 15, s. 25 ; S.M. 1995, c. 27, s. 13 ; S.M. 2002, c. 39, s. 533 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 28 . Plans to be certified by a Manitoba land surveyor 128(1) A plan that affects a boundary must be certified by a Manitoba land surveyor under oath in a form satisfactory to the Registrar-General. Bearings to be astronomic 128(2) All bearings shown on a plan of survey deposited for registration shall be astronomic and shall be obtained by observation. Evidence for unsurveyed boundaries 128(3) If in the opinion of the Examiner of Surveys it is not necessary that all or any boundaries be surveyed to determine the position of land to be dealt with, he may approve a plan upon such other evidence as he may require. Plan based on land titles records 128(4) Where, in the opinion of the Examiner of Surveys, a survey of land on a plan is unnecessary, he may approve a plan prepared by a Manitoba land surveyor based on records in the land titles office in the district in which the land to be dealt with is situated without an actual survey and the plan shall be certified by the surveyor in an approved form. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 ; S.M. 2013, c. 43, s. 82 . Verification of survey 129 Before any plan is registered, filed, or deposited, in any land titles office, the Examiner of Surveys may require the survey to be verified on the ground by an officer of the land titles office or by an authorized land surveyor to be designated by the Examiner of Surveys. Waiving requirements on Crown land 130 The Registrar-General may waive any or all requirements of this Act with respect to plans of survey of land belonging to the Crown. Copies of plans 131 Each plan presented for registration or filing in a land titles office shall be accompanied by such number of copies as the Registrar-General requires. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 29 . Use of International System 132 The Registrar General may require that any measurement or area on a plan or in an instrument presented for registration of filing be expressed in units of the International System of Units (SI). Interpretation 133(1) In this section " air space parcel " means a volumetric parcel, whether or not occupied in whole or in part by a building or other structure, shown as such in an air space plan. Creation of air space parcels 133(2) The registered owner may, with the consent of all persons appearing on the register and general register to have a charge, claim or interest in the land, create air space parcels separated by surfaces and obtain title to them by the registration of an air space plan. Requirements of the plan 133(3) An air space plan shall not be registered unless (a) the title to the land of which the air space parcels are part is registered under this Act; (b) the land of which the air space parcels are part is at least a whole lot or parcel shown on a subdivision or explanatory plan registered under this Act; (c) the plan contains the certificate of a land surveyor that he was present at and personally superintended the survey represented by the plan and that the survey and plan are correct; and (d) the plan has been approved by the Examiner of Surveys. Parcel may be subdivided 133(4) An air space parcel created by the plan constitutes land and may be transferred, leased, mortgaged, charged or otherwise dealt with in the same manner as other land registered under this Act and may be subdivided in accordance with The Condominium Act . PROCEEDINGS IN LAND TITLES OFFICES MORTGAGE SALE AND FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS Notice of sale on default 134(1) Where default is made in the payment of the principal sum, interest, annuity, or rent charge, or any part thereof, secured by a mortgage or encumbrance registered under this Act, or in the observance of any covenant expressed or implied in the mortgage or encumbrance, if the default is continued for the space of one month, or for such longer period of time as is therein for the purpose expressly limited, the mortgagee or encumbrancer may forthwith give a written notice, a copy of which shall be filed in the land titles office, to the mortgagor or owner of land subject to an encumbrance, and to every other person appearing at the time of filing the notice to have any mortgage, encumbrance, or lien upon, or estate, right, or interest in, the lands subsequent to his mortgage or encumbrance requiring the mortgagor or owner of land subject to an encumbrance and the other persons to be served with the notice to pay, within a time to be specified therein, the money then due or owing on the mortgage or encumbrance or to observe the covenants therein expressed or implied, and stating that in case default is made in so doing, all remedies provided in this Act will be resorted to, to remedy the default. Breach to be declared by judge 134(2) Where a notice is given under subsection (1), and it is alleged therein that the mortgagor has failed to observe a covenant in the mortgage other than a covenant to pay principal, interest, taxes, or insurance premiums, and he is required in the notice to observe that covenant, if the mortgagee desires to make an application under section 135 based in whole or in part on that alleged breach of covenant, he shall, before he may proceed further with his application, apply to a judge for, and obtain from him, an order declaring that the mortgagee may proceed with the application under section 135. Effect of pending litigation order 134(3) Except as provided in subsection (4), a pending litigation order registered in the land titles office subsequent to the registration of a mortgage shall not affect the right of the mortgagee to proceed under the mortgage with mortgage sale and foreclosure proceedings, and any title issued to a purchaser, or to the mortgagee, pursuant to such proceedings, shall issue clear of, and unaffected by the pending litigation order. Status of plaintiff 134(4) The plaintiff as shown in a pending litigation order registered in a land titles office shall be deemed to be a person interested in the land to the same extent, and in the same manner, as though he had given notice of his claim by filing a caveat; and, where the pending litigation order discloses that the mortgagee is a party to the action, or where the district registrar has been served with written notice by the plaintiff as shown in the pending litigation order that the mortgage, or the right of the mortgagee to proceed, is called into question in the action, the district registrar shall not make an order authorizing a sale or a final order of foreclosure, until the claim has been resolved, or the pending litigation order is disposed of by order of the court. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 10 . Application for order to sell 135(1) Where the default in payment or in the observance of any covenant continues for the space of one month from the date of service of the notice, the mortgagee or encumbrancer may make application in writing to the district registrar for an order permitting him to sell the land, or a part thereof, and all the estate or interest therein of the mortgagor or owner of land subject to an encumbrance, and of the other persons entitled to be served with the notice. Proof of matters stated 135(2) The application shall be accompanied by such proof of the matters stated by the applicant and by such other evidence as the district registrar requires. District registrar may make order for sale 135(3) The district registrar may thereupon make an order authorizing and empowering the applicant to sell the land in such manner as he directs, and either altogether or in parcels by public auction or by private contract, or by both modes of sale, and subject to such conditions as he imposes. Conveyances by mortgagee after sale 136(1) The mortgagee and encumbrancer may execute all such instruments as are necessary to complete the sale or for the enjoyment by the purchaser of the land; and all sales, contracts, matters, and things, hereby authorized are as valid and effectual as if the mortgagor or owner of land subject to an encumbrance and other persons entitled to be served with the notice had made, done, or executed them; and the receipt in writing of the mortgagee or encumbrancer is a sufficient discharge to the purchaser of the land, estate, or interest, or of any portion thereof, for so much of his purchase money as is thereby expressed to have been received. Purchaser not to see to application 136(2) No purchaser is answerable for the loss, misapplication, or non-application, or is obliged to see to the application, of the purchase money paid by him, nor is he obliged to inquire as to the fact of any default or required notice having been made or given, nor how the purchase money to arise from the sale of any of the land, estate, or interest, is to be applied. Application thereof 136(3) Subject to sections 94, 101, 102, 104 to 107 and 117 and subsection 103(2) of The Employment Standards Code and section 33 of The Life Leases Act and subsection 36(4) of The Contaminated Sites Remediation Act , the purchase money shall be applied, firstly, in payment of the expenses occasioned by the sale; secondly, in payment of the moneys then due or owing to the mortgagee or encumbrancer; thirdly, in payment of subsequent mortgages, encumbrances, or liens, if any, in the order of their priority; and, fourthly, the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner or other person entitled thereto. S.M. 1996, c. 40, s. 69 ; S.M. 1998, c. 29, s. 159 ; S.M. 1998, c. 42, s. 54 . Vesting of title in purchaser 137 Subject to section 141, upon the registration of an instrument executed by a mortgagee or encumbrancer, for the purpose of the sale, or by a mortgagee selling under the power of sale in a mortgage that affected the land when the first certificate of title issued therefor, the estate or interest of the owner of the land mortgaged or encumbered passes to, and vests in, the purchaser, freed and discharged from all liability on account of the mortgage or encumbrance and from any mortgage, lien, charge, or encumbrance created by an instrument registered subsequent thereto, and the purchaser, upon transmission, is entitled to a certificate of title for the land. S.M. 1998, c. 10, s. 2 . Foreclosure of mortgage or encumbrance 138(1) Where the mortgagor or encumbrancee has made default as set out in subsections 134(1) and (2) and the default continues for six months where the mortgage or encumbrance is under the new system, and for one year in other cases, after the time for payment mentioned in the mortgage or encumbrance, the mortgagee or encumbrancer may make application in writing to the district registrar for an order of foreclosure. Application for foreclosure 138(2) The application shall state that default has been made and has continued for the required period, and that the land mortgaged or encumbered has been offered for sale at public auction after a notice of sale served as provided by this Act or by the terms of the mortgage, and that the amount of the highest bid at the sale was not sufficient to satisfy the moneys secured by the mortgage or encumbrance, together with the expenses occasioned by the sale, or that there was no bid at the sale, as the facts are; and the application shall be accompanied by such proof of the matters stated by the applicant and by such other evidence as the district registrar requires. Notice to redeem 138(3) The district registrar shall thereupon cause to be served on the mortgagor or owner of land subject to an encumbrance, and every other person appearing at the time of the filing of the application to have any mortgage, encumbrance, or lien upon, or estate, right, or interest in or to, the lands subsequent to the first named mortgage or encumbrance, a notice requiring them, within the time limited thereby, to redeem the land from the mortgage or encumbrance, which time shall not be less than one month from the date of service of the notice. When foreclosure notice not required 138(4) In any mortgage sale or foreclosure proceedings it is not necessary to serve the notice on a person whose mortgage, encumbrance, or lien, upon the lands has been discharged, or whose right, title, or interest, in the lands has been determined prior to the application for an order for sale or the issue of the order of foreclosure. Extending time for redemption 138(5) Upon the application of a person appearing to be interested in the land, and upon sufficient cause being shown, the district registrar may extend the time for redemption. Service of notice 138(6) Unless the district registrar otherwise orders, the notice of intention to sell under a new system mortgage or of foreclosure proceedings under either an old or new system mortgage, and the notice requiring redemption, shall be served personally on the mortgagor and owner of land subject to an encumbrance and other persons entitled to be served therewith; but in case a person to be served cannot after due diligence be found, the district registrar may direct that the notice be served on him by leaving it on the mortgaged land, or sending it through the post office by a registered letter directed to him at his last known address, or in such other manner as the district registrar directs. Land must be under Act 138(7) Before the foreclosure proceedings apply, the land affected must be under this Act; and in addition to the persons heretofore mentioned as entitled to make an application to bring land under this Act, the application may, in the discretion of the district registrar, be made by the mortgagee or encumbrancer. District registrar may publish notice 139(1) Upon the foreclosure application, the district registrar may, if he considers it proper, cause notice to be published in such newspaper or newspapers as he directs, offering the land for private sale. Order of foreclosure 139(2) After the expiration of the time appointed in the foreclosure notice, and after the time for sale mentioned in the advertisement, the district registrar may issue to the applicant an order of foreclosure, unless, in the interval, a sufficient amount has been obtained by the sale of the land, or paid by or on behalf of the mortgagor, owner of land subject to an encumbrance, or other person served with the foreclosure notice, to satisfy the principal and interest and other moneys secured, and all expenses occasioned by the sale and proceedings. Registration of foreclosure order 139(3) Every order of foreclosure, when registered, has the effect of vesting in the mortgagee or encumbrancer the land mentioned therein, free from all right and equity of redemption on the part of the mortgagor, owner of land subject to an encumbrance, person served with the foreclosure notice, or of a person claiming through or under him subsequently to the mortgage or encumbrance; and the mortgagee or encumbrancer shall thereupon be deemed a transferee of the land, and becomes the owner thereof, and, upon transmission, is entitled to receive a certificate of title therefor. Notice of sale proceedings 140 The district registrar, examiner of titles, and other officers of the land titles office, shall not have notice of, or be bound by any proceedings taken by a mortgagee or encumbrancer under his mortgage or encumbrance for the purpose of selling, foreclosing, or otherwise realizing upon, his mortgage or encumbrance, unless the mortgagee or encumbrancer has filed a pending litigation order, or, in case of proceedings under power of sale, a notice of the proceedings, in the land titles office for the district in which the land is registered under the new system. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 11 . Land subject to registered instruments 141 Land that is sold under an order for sale made by the district registrar, or that vests in a mortgagee by order of foreclosure issued by the district registrar, is deemed to have been sold or vested subject to the registered instruments described in subsection 45(5) other than a caveat described in clause 45(5)⁠(h.1). S.M. 1996, c. 40, s. 69 ; S.M. 1997, c. 10, s. 5 ; S.M. 2007, c. 8, s. 4 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 29 ; S.M. 2025, c. 44, s. 5 . Statutory declaration 142(1) Every application for an order for sale or an order for foreclosure shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration of the applicant, or of a person acting on behalf of the applicant, stating (a) that the land in respect of which the application is made is or is not farmland within the meaning of The Family Farm Protection Act ; and (b) that the granting of the order applied for will not contravene the provisions of The Family Farm Protection Act . Who may make statutory declaration 142(2) A statutory declaration accompanying an application for an order for sale or an order for foreclosure shall be made only by a person having personal knowledge of the facts deposed to therein, and may not be made on the basis of information obtained by the person and the person's belief therein. Court order re farmland 142(3) Where a statutory declaration referred to in subsection (1) states that the land in respect of which the order applied for is farmland, the district registrar shall not issue the order applied for until a certified copy of an order of the court granting leave to the applicant to apply to the district registrar for the order has been received by the district registrar. District registrar may refuse to issue order 142(4) If the district registrar is not satisfied that the land in respect of which an application for an order for sale or an order for foreclosure is made is not farmland within the meaning of The Family Farm Protection Act , the district registrar may refuse to issue the order. Reliance on statutory declaration 142(5) Where information has been provided by a statutory declaration set forth in subsection (1) no person acquiring any right, title or interest in land pursuant to an order for sale or final order of foreclosure made by a district registrar, and no district registrar, is bound to make enquiry as to the truth of any of the matters set forth in the statutory declaration; and no such order is invalid, except as against any person who, at the time when such person acquired any alleged right, title or interest in the lands involved had actual knowledge of the truth of any such matters, or unless the transaction was tainted with fraud in which the person participated or colluded. Regulations 142(6) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations exempting (a) a class of land; or (b) land or an area of land in any specified part of Manitoba; from the operation of this section. Family Farm Protection Act 142(7) The issuance of an order for sale or an order for foreclosure by the district registrar does not relieve any mortgagee or encumbrancer of the obligation to comply with The Family Farm Protection Act . Taxation of costs 143(1) A mortgagee's or encumbrancer's costs of, and incidental to, the exercise of his power of sale or application for a final order of foreclosure may, at the instance of a person interested therein, be taxed by the district registrar for the land titles district in which the land is situated. Tariff 143(2) The district registrar shall, upon the taxation, be guided by the tariff of costs settled by the Registrar-General. Appeal to Registrar-General 143(3) Any person who could have requested a taxation under subsection (1) may appeal the district registrar's decision to the Registrar-General by delivering a written notice to the Registrar-General's office, in a form satisfactory to the Registrar-General, within 30 days after the date that the decision is registered at the land titles office. Decision of Registrar-General final 143(4) The decision of the Registrar-General in an appeal under subsection (3) is final. S.M. 2005, c. 5, s. 3 . Rules 144 The proceedings leading up to and including a sale or foreclosure under this Act shall be conducted in accordance with such rules as the Registrar-General makes. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 30 . CAVEATS ON APPLICATION TO BRING LAND UNDER NEW SYSTEM Who may file caveat 145 A person claiming an estate or interest in land described in an application to bring the land under this Act may, at any time before the issue of a certificate of title therefor, file a caveat, in an approved form, forbidding the bringing of the land under the Act. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Duty of district registrar 146 The district registrar, after the filing of the caveat, shall not bring the land under this Act until the caveat has been disposed of. Lapse of caveat 147(1) A caveat filed under section 145 lapses upon the expiration of 14 days after notice given, by the district registrar to the caveator requiring him to take proceedings in court to establish his title to the land or his right as set out in the caveat, unless within that time he files with the district registrar proof satisfactory to the district registrar that he has taken such proceedings. Service of notice 147(2) Notwithstanding section 167.1, a notice given under subsection (1) shall be served by registered mail addressed to the caveator at the address of the caveator set forth in the caveat; but if the district registrar is of opinion that such service will not be effective, the district registrar shall direct that the notice be served in the manner a notice must be served under subsection 138(6). S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 12 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 31 . CAVEATS AFTER LAND IS BROUGHT UNDER NEW SYSTEM Caveat after title under new system 148(1) A person claiming an estate or interest in land or in a mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, under the new system, may file a caveat in an approved form, forbidding the registration of any person as transferee or owner of, or of any instrument affecting the estate or interest, unless the instrument is expressed to be subject to the claim of the caveator. Exception 148(2) Despite subsection (1), no person shall present for filing any caveat based on an agreement, mortgage, encumbrance or lease (a) that contravenes subsection 121(1) of The Planning Act ; or (b) that, because of section 263 of The City of Winnipeg Charter , the district registrar must not accept for filing. Right of caveator continues 148(3) Where on August 19, 1987, a person had filed a caveat founded on a certificate of judgment or other claim registered in the general register, the right of the caveator to a charge on the land described in the caveat continues in force as if the caveator had registered the instrument with the specific land description in accordance with section 75 with priority as of the date of the filing of the caveat. S.M. 1991-92, c. 15, s. 25 ; S.M. 2002, c. 39, s. 533 ; S.M. 2005, c. 30, s. 215 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Caveat — right to have registration revised 148.1 A person who has a right to have a certificate of title — or an interest affecting a certificate of title — cancelled, restored, corrected, altered or vacated has an interest that entitles the person to file a caveat. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 30 . Caveats under the Bank Act 149(1) Each district registrar may accept for filing or registration, upon payment of the proper fee therefor, and subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned, caveats or notices of security based on documents in the form set out in Schedule G to the Bank Act (Canada). Form of caveat 149(2) Any such caveat or notice of security shall be in such form as the Registrar-General may require; and, subject to subsection (3), shall have attached thereto a copy of the document upon which the caveat or notice of security is based. Legal description required 149(3) The document upon which such a caveat or notice of security is based, and that caveat or notice of security, shall each contain the legal description of the land affected thereby or to which it relates. Priority of taxes 149(4) The taxes and rates imposed by a municipality, a local government district, or a school district in unorganized territory, accrued on or in respect of land or personal property either prior or subsequent to the registration by a bank of a caveat or notice of security, are a lien on the land or personal property having preference or priority over the claim, lien, privilege, or encumbrance, of the bank. Remedies of municipality not affected 149(5) The claim or lien of the municipality, local government district, or school district, for taxes or rates does not require registration to preserve it, and the registration of a caveat or notice of security by a bank under subsection (1) does not interfere with the rights or remedies of a municipality, a local government district, or a school district, in respect of any lien or claim for taxes on the land or personal property described in the caveat or notice of security. Notice to proceed 150(1) Except in the case of a caveat filed by the district registrar, every caveat filed against any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, may be disposed of by the district registrar as lapsed, upon the expiration of 30 days after notice given by the district registrar to the caveator to take proceedings in the court on his caveat, (a) unless, before the expiration of that period, the caveator appears before the court on motion in chambers or otherwise, and gives such undertaking or security, or lodges such sum in court, as the court considers sufficient to indemnify every person against damage that may be sustained by reason of a disposition of the property being delayed, and to answer the costs of the caveatee in the proceedings; or (b) unless he has within that time filed with the district registrar evidence to the satisfaction of the district registrar of proceedings taken under his caveat as permitted by this Act. Vacating caveat without notice 150(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the district registrar may vacate a caveat filed against any land, mortgage, encumbrance or lease without notice, where he or she is satisfied from the face of the record that the interest claimed in the caveat has expired or been extinguished. Service of notice 150(2) Subsection 147(2) applies to the service of a notice under subsection (1) as if it were a notice under subsection 147(1). Stay of dealing with land ordered 150(3) Upon the giving of the security the court may, by order, direct the district registrar to delay registering any dealing with the land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, for a further period to be specified in the order, or may direct the caveator to proceed upon his caveat or may make such other order as it deems just. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 13 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 32 . Extension of time 151 At any time before the expiration of the time limited for proceeding upon a caveat, (a) upon application made by, or on behalf of, the caveator; and (b) after reasonable notice of the application has been given to the caveatee; the court, for sufficient cause shown, and subject to such conditions as it may impose, may order that the time for proceeding under the caveat be extended for such further period as is stated in the order; and the order shall forthwith be filed in the land titles office. Effect of caveat 152 So long as a caveat remains in force, the district registrar shall not register an instrument purporting to transfer, mortgage, or encumber, the land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, unless the instrument is expressed to be subject to the claim of the caveator. PROPERTY CONTROLS — GROCERY STORES AND SUPERMARKETS Definitions 152.1(1) The following definitions apply in this section and sections 152.2 to 152.4. "grocery store or supermarket property control" means a restrictive covenant or exclusivity clause to which section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act applies. (« instrument de contrôle de bien-fonds visant une épicerie ou un supermarché ») "limited registration period" means the period beginning on the day that section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act comes into force and ending on the day that is 180 days after that. (« période d'enregistrement limitée ») Registration of property controls prohibited 152.1(2) Except as provided in this section, (a) a person must not register or file an instrument or caveat creating or claiming an interest by virtue of a grocery store or supermarket property control that is or would become void by operation of section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act ; and (b) a district registrar must not accept for registration or filing an instrument or caveat described in clause (a) if the district registrar is satisfied from the face of the record that the interest created or claimed is or would become void by operation of section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act . Registration of existing property controls during certain time period 152.1(3) During the limited registration period, the holder of a grocery store or supermarket property control created before the day section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act comes into force may file or register, and the district registrar may accept for filing or registration, (a) a caveat if a filing or registration has never been made in respect of the grocery store or supermarket property control; or (b) a memorandum of agreement described in subclause 110(1)⁠(b)⁠(ii.1) that amends an existing registration in respect of the grocery store or supermarket property control. Requirements for registration 152.1(4) The caveat or memorandum of agreement presented for filing or registration must include the following: (a) a description of the land and parties affected by the grocery store or supermarket property control; (b) a description of the dominant and servient tenement, if applicable, and the municipal address of the land affected by the property control; (c) a description of the restrictions imposed by the control and the time period during which they apply; (d) a description of the agreement creating the control, if applicable; (e) for a memorandum of agreement amending an existing registration, the particulars of the existing registration and a statement (i) confirming the interest claimed in the existing registration, or (ii) claiming an amended interest and a description of that interest. Effect of filing or registration 152.1(5) The effect of the filing or registration is to prevent the grocery store or supermarket property control from becoming void by operation of section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act . Discharge after limited registration period expires 152.1(6) If, after the limited registration period expires, the district registrar becomes aware that an instrument or caveat creating or claiming an interest by virtue of a grocery store or supermarket property control is void by operation of section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act , the district registrar must, as soon as reasonably practicable, (a) discharge the instrument or caveat without notice to the holder; and (b) notify the Registrar-General of the discharge. Report of registrations and discharges 152.1(7) As soon as reasonably practicable after the limited registration period expires, the district registrar for each district must provide the following without charge to the Registrar-General: (a) a report of all registrations accepted under subsection (3) in their district and a copy of each registration; (b) a report of all discharges made under section 152.2 or 152.3 in their district and a copy of each discharge, if applicable. S.M. 2025, c. 27, s. 5 . Registrar-General may order discharge 152.2 If the Registrar-General (a) determines on the Registrar-General's own initiative; or (b) is provided by any person proof satisfactory to the Registrar-General; that an instrument or caveat creating or claiming an interest by virtue of a grocery store or supermarket property control is void by operation of section 7.1 of The Law of Property Act , the Registrar-General may order the district registrar to discharge the instrument or caveat without notice to the holder. S.M. 2025, c. 27, s. 5 . Review by minister 152.3(1) The minister may, on the minister's own initiative, review an instrument or caveat creating or claiming an interest by virtue of a grocery store or supermarket property control to determine if the instrument or caveat may be contrary to the public interest. Review requested by member of public 152.3(2) A person may apply to the minister requesting a review of an instrument or caveat creating or claiming an interest by virtue of a grocery store or supermarket property control to determine if the instrument or caveat may be contrary to the public interest. The application must be made in the form and manner acceptable to the minister.

Minister may refer matter to Municipal Board 152.3(3) If the minister determines that the instrument or caveat may be contrary to the public interest, the minister may refer the matter to the Municipal Board for a hearing under Part IV.1 of The Municipal Board Act . Municipal Board may order discharge, removal or amendment 152.3(4) If the Municipal Board makes an order after a hearing in respect of the instrument or caveat, the district registrar must, as directed by the Municipal Board, register an instrument, in a form approved by the district registrar, that discharges, removes or amends the instrument or caveat and notify the Registrar-General of the registration as soon as reasonably practicable. S.M. 2025, c. 27, s. 5 . No compensation 152.4 No person is entitled to compensation for any loss sustained as a consequence of (a) a failure to file a caveat or memorandum of agreement in respect of a grocery store or supermarket property control in accordance with section 152.1 during the limited registration period; or (b) the discharge, variance, cancellation or substitution of an instrument or caveat claiming an interest by virtue of a grocery store or supermarket property control under section 152.1, 152.2 or 152.3. S.M. 2025, c. 27, s. 5 . CAVEATS GENERALLY Notice to caveatee 153 On the filing of a caveat, the district registrar shall forthwith notify the owner of the land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, affected thereby of the filing by ordinary mail. S.M. 1990-91, c. 12, s. 16 . Contents of caveat 154(1) Except in the case of a caveat filed by a district registrar, every caveat shall state the name and address of the owner and of the person by whom, or on whose behalf, it is filed and, shall be signed by the caveator, his attorney or agent, and shall state an address or place within Canada at which notices and proceedings relating to the caveat or the subject matter thereof may be served and the nature and particulars of the title, estate, interest, or lien, under which the claim is made. Caveat to show both tenancies 154(2) A caveat that is registered to protect an interest that creates or purports to create a right of way or an easement, other than a statutory easement, must contain the legal description of the dominant and servient tenement. Affidavit in support 154(3) Every such caveat shall be supported by a statement stating that, in the belief of the deponent or declarant, the caveator has a good and valid claim upon the land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, intended to be affected thereby, and that the caveat is not filed for the purpose of delaying or embarrassing the applicant for title or the owner, as the case requires, or any person claiming through him. Rejection of imperfect caveat 154(4) The district registrar may refuse to file a caveat that does not fully meet all the requirements of this section. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 14 ; S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 10 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 31 . Priority secured by caveat 155 The filing of a caveat by the district registrar or by a caveator gives the same effect, as to priority, to the instrument or subject matter on which the caveat is based, as the registration of an instrument under this Act. Assignment of caveats 156(1) All the interests, claims and rights of a caveator with respect to all of the land affected by his caveat may be assigned by the caveator by an assignment in an approved form. Effect of filing of assignment 156(2) Upon the filing of an assignment of the interests, claims and rights of a caveator in an approved form, all the interests, claims and rights of the caveator with respect to the land affected by the caveat pass to the assignee who (a) thereupon becomes vested with the same interests, claims and rights and subject to the same liabilities as if named as caveator in the original caveat; and (b) thereafter shall, for all purposes, be treated as if named as caveator in the original caveat. Address for mailing 156(3) Every assignment of the interests, claims and rights of a caveator presented for filing shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto a memorandum stating an address or place within Canada at which notices and proceedings relating to the caveat or the subject matter thereof may be served on the assignee. Old system mineral lease 156(4) For the purpose of this section a caveat shall be deemed to include an old system mineral lease brought forward by an application to bring the land under the operation of The Real Property Act . S.M. 2005, c. 5, s. 4 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Discharge of caveat 157(1) The caveator may, by notice in writing to the district registrar, discharge his caveat at any time; but the discharge does not prejudice the power of the court to make an order as to payment by the caveator of the costs and damages of the caveatee incurred prior to the receipt by the caveatee of notice in writing of the discharge of the caveat. Discharge by attorney or agent 157(2) Where a caveat has been filed by a person who is the attorney or agent of the caveator, that person shall be deemed to be the attorney or agent of the caveator for the purpose of discharging the caveat. Building restriction caveats 157(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the discharge of a development scheme or building restriction caveat unless the owners of all lands affected by the development scheme or building restriction approve the discharge in such manner as is satisfactory to the district registrar. Discharge by subsequent owners 157(4) Where a caveat is filed to protect a right or interest that is appurtenant to the land of the caveator and the right or interest passes to, or enures to the benefit of, a subsequent owner of the land, that subsequent owner may, subject to the approval of the district registrar, discharge the caveat. Vacating of caveat 157(5) Where a building restriction agreement that is registered under The Registry Act or is attached to a caveat filed for the sole purpose of giving notice of the agreement, contains a provision that the agreement terminates upon a specified date, the district registrar may discharge the agreement and vacate any such caveat, as to all or part of the lands affected, at any time after the date of termination. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 32 . Lapsing of caveats for specific terms 158 Where a caveat filed under this Act in a land titles district is based on an estate or interest in land that expires on a date, or after a period of time, specified in the caveat or in any document filed with the caveat in support thereof, the district registrar of the land titles district may lapse the caveat after that date or after the end of that period, as the case may be. Lapsing of development schemes 158.1 Subject to section 159, if a development scheme provides that it expires on a date, or after a period of time, specified in the declaration or agreement respecting the scheme, the district registrar may lapse the scheme after the date or after the end of the period, as the case may be. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 33 . Expiry of building restriction caveats and development schemes 159(1) A building restriction caveat or a declaration or agreement respecting a development scheme ceases to have effect 50 years after the date on which it was first registered. Vacating building restriction caveats and development schemes 159(2) The district registrar may vacate a building restriction caveat or a declaration or agreement respecting a development scheme that has ceased to have effect under subsection (1). S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 34 . Liability for wrongful caveat 160 A claimant under a caveat is liable to any person who sustains loss because of the initial registration or its continuance unless (a) the court finds that the initial registration or its continuance was reasonable under the circumstances; or (b) the registration was made by the district registrar under clause 22(1)⁠(a). S.M. 1993, c. 7, s. 11 . Proceedings before lapse of 161 A caveator may take proceedings under his caveat at any time after the expiration of the time limited by the preceding sections for so doing, if he does so and furnishes evidence thereof to the district registrar before the district registrar has disposed of the caveat as lapsed. Proceedings on caveat 162(1) A caveator may take proceedings in court by originating notice to establish his claim under his caveat. Statement of claim 162(2) A person claiming an estate or interest in land, or in a mortgage or encumbrance subject to, or under, the new system, may, in lieu of or after filing a caveat, proceed by way of statement of claim, and may file with the district registrar a pending litigation order or other proper evidence of the proceedings. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 15 . Application to discharge caveat 163(1) Except in the case of a caveat filed by the district registrar, the applicant or owner may, at any time before the caveator has taken proceedings thereunder, apply to the court calling upon the caveator to show cause why the caveat should not be discharged. Disposal of certain caveats 163(2) In case of a caveat filed by the district registrar, if the district registrar, upon application for the purpose being made, refuses to withdraw the caveat, the applicant or owner may apply to the court, after having served written notice of the application upon the person on whose behalf the caveat was filed, and upon the district registrar, for an order that the caveat be withdrawn or discharged. Court order 163(3) On hearing an application under this section, the court may make any order that the court considers just, including an order (a) dismissing the application; (b) discharging or withdrawing the caveat; (c) directing security or payment into court of an amount equal to the claim of the applicant and any additional money payable with respect to that claim and ordering the caveat to be discharged or withdrawn from the certificate of title to the affected land; (d) directing that any money paid into court or any security given under clause (c) stands in place of the land against which the caveat was registered; or (e) directing a party to commence proceedings. Order for payment out of court 163(4) When money has been paid into court or security has been given under clause (3)⁠(c), the court may, upon application and upon notice to every person affected, order the money to be paid out or the security to be delivered, as the case may be, to the person entitled to it. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 35 . Proceeding after disposal of caveat 164 Where a caveat has been disposed of, the district registrar may at once proceed as if no caveat had been filed, unless in the meantime he is served with an order of the court staying the proceedings. Filing after withdrawal 165(1) After a caveat has lapsed or been discharged, except as in this section mentioned, neither the same person nor anyone on his behalf shall (a) file a further caveat in relation to the same matter, unless the district registrar gives his approval thereto; or (b) file a pending litigation order in respect of any proceedings in court in relation to the same matter, unless the court approves the issue and filing thereof. District registrar may file a caveat 165(2) Nothing herein prejudices the right of the district registrar to file a caveat; and the court may, upon application and upon such terms as to costs or otherwise as is deemed just, order that a new caveat be filed, in which case it shall fix a time within which the caveator shall proceed upon the caveat. S.M. 1992, c. 5, s. 16 . SERVICE OF NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS Service as in suits 166 Notices and proceedings under this Act affecting land may be served in the same manner and upon the same persons, officers, and functionaries, as court processes and notices in actions and proceedings in the court. Corporations or partnerships 167 Notices and proceedings under this Act, affecting or intended to affect a person, firm, or corporation, whose chief place of business or head office is without the province, may be effectually served upon a person who, within the province, transacts or carries on business as the general agent of the person, firm, or corporation, or in the case of a corporation upon its attorney appointed under The Corporations Act , or in the case of an insurer licensed under The Insurance Act upon the Superintendent of Insurance. Notice by mail 167.1 Where under this or any other Act of the Legislature notice of a registration or filing in a land titles office is required to be given by the district registrar to any person by registered or certified mail, the notice may be given by ordinary mail. S.M. 1990-91, c. 12, s. 16 . Where person has died 168(1) Where there is no legal personal representative in the province of the estate of a deceased person and a notice is required to be served under this Act on the estate, the notice may be effectually served in case of intestacy, upon the person entitled to the estate of the deceased under The Intestate Succession Act , or in case of testacy, upon the person entitled to or interested in the land by virtue of any devise in the will. Method of service 168(2) Service under this section may be made in the manner directed or subsequently approved by the district registrar. S.M. 1989-90, c. 43, s. 16 . 169 [Repealed] S.M. 1995, c. 27, s. 15 . PROCEEDINGS BEFORE REGISTRAR-GENERAL General Provisions Applicable proceedings 169.1(1) This section applies to the following proceedings before the Registrar-General: (a) an application under section 169.2 for an order by the Registrar-General, in relation to a matter set out in subsection 169.2(1); (b) an application under section 169.4 for a report by the Registrar-General to be confirmed by the court, in relation to a matter set out in subsection 169.4(1). Proceedings before Registrar-General instead of court 169.1(2) Despite section 173, a matter set out in subsection 169.2(1) or 169.4(1) must be commenced by an application to the Registrar-General and not to the court. Rules of practice and procedure 169.1(3) The Registrar-General may make rules of practice and procedure to govern proceedings referred to in subsection (1). Powers under Evidence Act 169.1(4) The Registrar-General has the powers of a commissioner under Part V of The Manitoba Evidence Act with respect to a proceeding. Application 169.1(5) An application referred to in subsection (1) must be in a form approved by the Registrar-General. Providing information 169.1(6) The applicant must provide the Registrar-General with all information relevant to the application, including any additional information requested by the Registrar-General. Registering notice of application 169.1(6.0.1) On receipt of an application, the Registrar-General must register notice of it in the appropriate land titles office. Informal resolution 169.1(6.1) Instead of proceeding in accordance with subsections (8) to (11), the Registrar-General may take any steps he or she considers appropriate to resolve an application informally to the satisfaction of the interested parties and in a manner consistent with this Act. 169.1(7) [Renumbered as subsection 169.1(6.0.1)] Hearing 169.1(8) Subject to section 169.5, the Registrar-General must hold a hearing to consider an application. Notice of hearing 169.1(9) The Registrar-General must (a) set a time, date and place for a hearing to consider the application; and (b) serve all interested persons, as determined by the Registrar-General, with (i) the application, (ii) all documents received from the applicant, and (iii) notice of the time, date and place for the hearing. Conduct of hearings 169.1(10) The Registrar-General must give full opportunity to the persons participating in the hearing to present evidence and make submissions. Hearings conducted orally or in writing 169.1(11) The Registrar-General may conduct a hearing orally, including by telephone, or in writing or partly orally and partly in writing and may adjourn the hearing from time to time. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 36 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 33 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . Orders Made by Registrar-General Application to Registrar-General 169.2(1) A person who has or had an estate or interest in land or an instrument may apply to the Registrar-General for an order with respect to one or more of the following matters: (a) the applicant has been registered as the owner of an estate or interest in land without giving consent, as referred to in section 68; (b) other than with respect to a matter referred to in subsection 169.4(1), a registration of an instrument or the cancellation, restoration, correction, alteration or vacating of a registered instrument by a district registrar was invalid or not authorized by this Act; (c) there was an omission or refusal by a district registrar to register an instrument or cancel, restore, correct, alter or vacate a registered instrument, as required by this Act; (d) as a consequence of a matter referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c), the applicant is entitled to compensation, in accordance with this Act. Order 169.2(2) After a hearing with respect to the matters set out in the application, the Registrar-General may make one or more of the following orders: (a) with respect to a matter referred to in clause (1)⁠(a), and on receipt of a disclaimer from the applicant referred to in section 68, (i) an order directing that an entry be made in the register to give effect to the disclaimer, and (ii) an order directing that the affected instrument be cancelled or corrected; (b) an order directing that a title for the estate or interest in land be issued in the name of the person entitled to it; (c) an order directing that an instrument be registered, corrected, altered or vacated or the registration of an instrument be restored or cancelled; (d) an order directing that an entry be made in the register to give effect to an order under this subsection; (e) if, as a consequence of a matter set out in subsection (1), the Registrar-General determines that a person is entitled to compensation (i) an order that compensation be paid in accordance with this Act, and (ii) an order setting the amount to be paid as compensation, in accordance with sections 183 to 191; (f) an order dismissing an application. Serving and registering order 169.2(3) The Registrar-General must (a) serve the order on the applicant and all persons who were served with the application; and (b) register the order in the appropriate land titles office. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 36 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . Appeal of Registrar-General's Order Appealing Registrar-General's order to court 169.3(1) The applicant under section 169.2 and all persons who were served with the application and participated in the hearing may appeal the Registrar-General's order to the court within 30 days after being served with a copy of the order, or within such further time as the court may allow. Registrar-General's order stayed 169.3(2) An appeal from an order of the Registrar-General stays the order pending the hearing of the appeal, unless the court orders otherwise. Registrar-General entitled to be heard 169.3(3) The Registrar-General is entitled to be heard, by counsel or otherwise, on an appeal. Decision on appeal 169.3(4) On hearing the appeal, the court may (a) confirm or vary the Registrar-General's order; (b) quash the Registrar-General's order; (c) refer the matter back to the Registrar-General for further consideration in accordance with any direction of the court; (d) make any order that the Registrar-General could make; (e) direct the Registrar-General to make any entry in the register so as to give effect to an order under this section; or (f) make any other order that the court considers just. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 36 . Registrar-General's Report and Confirmation by Court Order Application to Registrar-General for report 169.4(1) A person who has or had an estate or interest in land or an instrument may apply to the Registrar-General for a report, to be confirmed by the court, that sets out the Registrar-General's findings and recommendations with respect to one or more of the following matters: (a) that he or she or another person was deprived of an estate or interest in land or a registered instrument because of fraud or a wrongful act in which the owner of the land or the registered instrument participated or colluded; (b) that the registration of an instrument is the result of fraud or a wrongful act; (c) that as a consequence of a matter referred to in clause (a) or (b), the applicant is entitled to compensation, in accordance with this Act. Report 169.4(2) After a hearing, the Registrar-General must issue a report for the court setting out (a) his or her findings as to the matters set out in subsection (1) that were alleged by the applicant; and (b) his or her recommendations as to whether (i) a title should be issued for an estate or interest in the land in the name of the person entitled to it, (ii) a registered instrument should be corrected, altered or vacated or the registration of an instrument should be restored, cancelled or discharged, (iii) any other entry should be made in the register to give effect to a finding or recommendation under this section, and (iv) a person is entitled to compensation in accordance with this Act and, if so, (A) recommend that an order for the payment of compensation be made, and (B) recommend the amount of compensation that should be paid, in accordance with sections 183 to 191. Application to court to confirm report 169.4(3) The Registrar-General must apply to the court for confirmation of his or her report and file the report as part of the court application. Report must be confirmed 169.4(4) A report of the Registrar-General has no effect until it is confirmed by an order of the court. Serving report and court application 169.4(5) The Registrar-General must serve the applicant under subsection (1) and all persons who participated in the proceeding with (a) the Registrar-General's report; and (b) the Registrar-General's application to court requesting that the report be confirmed by the court. If confirmation of report opposed 169.4(6) Subject to the court ordering otherwise, if a person who is served with the Registrar-General's application intends to oppose the application, the Registrar-General must (a) file a record of the proceedings before the Registrar-General in the court; and (b) serve the record on the applicant and the other persons who participated in the proceeding. Registrar-General entitled to be heard 169.4(7) The Registrar-General is entitled to be heard, by counsel or otherwise, on an application for confirmation. Court order 169.4(8) The court may (a) adopt all or some of the findings and recommendations of the Registrar-General and confirm the report in whole or in part; (b) refer the report back to the Registrar-General for further inquiries to be made or for further consideration, and for a further report as to his or her findings and recommendations; (c) refuse to confirm the Registrar-General's report; or (d) make any other order that the court considers just. Confirmed report is court order 169.4(9) If the report of the Registrar-General is confirmed, it becomes an order of the court. Serving and registering order 169.4(10) On receipt of the court order, the Registrar-General must (a) serve the order on the persons who were served under subsection (5); and (b) register the order in the appropriate land titles office. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 36 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . Registrar-General Declines to Hear or Determine Application Registrar-General may decline to hear or determine application 169.5(1) The Registrar-General may, in his or her sole discretion, decline to hear an application under section 169.2 or 169.4, or decline to make an order under section 169.2 or a report under section 169.4, having regard to one or more of the following: (a) the complexity of the matter; (b) the nature of the interests involved; (c) the number of persons or interests involved. Court proceedings 169.5(2) If the Registrar-General declines to hear or determine an application under subsection (1), the applicant may initiate a proceeding in the court for a determination of the matter. Court order if applicant initiates court proceedings 169.5(3) The court may, in a proceeding initiated by the applicant, (a) with respect to a matter referred to in section 169.2, make any order that the Registrar-General could make under subsection 169.2(2) or direct the Registrar-General to do so; or (b) with respect to a matter referred to in section 169.4, make any order with respect to any matter about which the Registrar-General could make a finding or recommendation. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 36 . PROCEEDINGS GENERALLY Informality 170 No proceeding under this Act is invalid by reason of any informality or technical irregularity therein or of any mistake not affecting the substance of the proceeding. Proceedings not to abate by death 171 Proceedings under this Act do not abate and are not suspended by death or transmission or change of interest; but, in such an event, the Registrar-General or the district registrar may, upon the application of a person interested, make such order for carrying on, discontinuing, or suspending, the proceedings as, under the circumstances, the Registrar-General or the district registrar considers just, and may for that purpose issue a certificate of title to a deceased person. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 37 . Guardian, committee or substitute decision maker may act 172(1) An application, consent, proceeding or act required or permitted to be done under this Act may be made, given, taken or done (a) on behalf of an infant, by the infant's guardian; (b) on behalf of a person of unsound mind, by (i) the person's committee of the estate, or (ii) the person's substitute decision maker for property appointed under The Adults Living with an Intellectual Disability Act , if the substitute decision maker has the power to act with respect to matters falling within the scope of this Act. Appointment of guardian ad litem 172(2) Where the infant has no guardian, or the person of unsound mind has no committee of his estate and no substitute decision maker for property with power to act, or where persons yet unborn are interested, the Public Guardian and Trustee or some other person appointed for the purpose by the Registrar-General may act with like power for the infant, person of unsound mind or person yet unborn; and notices or proceedings required by the Registrar-General to be served on a person under such a disability may be effectually served on the Public Guardian and Trustee or person so appointed. S.M. 1993, c. 29, s. 201 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 38 ; S.M. 2013, c. 46, s. 46 ; S.M. 2023, c. 19, s. 108 . JURISDICTION OF COURT BY WAY OF APPEAL Appeal from decision of district registrar 173(1) Where a person is dissatisfied with an act, omission, refusal, decision, direction, or order of the district registrar, other than a matter referred to in subsection 169.1(2), the person may require the district registrar to, and the district registrar, with the approval of the Registrar-General, shall, set forth in writing the grounds of the act, omission, refusal, direction, decision, or order, and the person so dissatisfied may then appeal to the court and thereupon all parties interested, including the district registrar and the Registrar-General, shall be served with the notice, which shall state the time and place for the hearing thereof. Disposition of appeal 173(2) At the time and place stated, all parties interested, whether served with the notice or not, may appear and be heard, and the court shall hear the motion and may make such order disposing thereof, and of the costs of all parties as the circumstances require; but the court may, without making any order disposing thereof, refer the motion to The Court of Appeal, and that court shall have jurisdiction to dispose thereof. S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 94 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 39 . Reference by Registrar-General 174 Wherever a question arises (a) with respect to the performance of a duty or the exercise of a function imposed or conferred upon a district registrar; or (b) as to the true construction or validity or effect of an instrument or statute; or (c) as to the person entitled to the estate, right or interest; or (d) as to the power or authority of any person or class of persons; or (e) as to any doubtful or uncertain right or interest stated or claimed, to be dealt with by a district registrar; the Registrar General may refer the same to a judge who may appoint a date and time for a hearing of the reference and direct notice be served by mail on any person whom the judge deems interested to appear and show cause either personally, or by counsel, in relation thereto, and the judge, having regard to the persons appearing before him, shall decide the question or direct proceedings to be instituted for that purpose, and make a decision as under the circumstances appear to be just. Witnesses may be summoned 175(1) Upon the hearing of a matter arising under this Act, the court may summon a person to appear either to give evidence or to be made a party to the proceedings; and the Attorney-General as well as any person interested may appear and be heard before the court, or before any court to which the proceedings are taken by way of appeal. Appeal 175(2) All parties to the proceedings and the Attorney-General have the right to appeal. IN ACTIONS GENERALLY Orders by judge 176(1) In a proceeding respecting land, or in respect of a transaction or contract relating thereto, or in respect of an instrument, caveat, memorial, or other entry affecting land, the court may, by order, direct the district registrar to cancel, correct, substitute, or issue, a certificate of title, or make an endorsement or entry on any instrument, or to do or refrain from doing any act, or make or refrain from making any entry necessary to give effect to the judgment, or order of the court. Title to be safe-holding 176(2) The district registrar shall not issue a certificate of title by order of the court unless the title of the person to whom the certificate is directed to issue has been found upon investigation to be a good safe-holding title. Referral to the Registrar-General 176(3) If, in a proceeding under subsection (1) — whether commenced before or after the coming into force of this subsection — it appears to the court that a matter before it could be dealt with by the Registrar-General under section 169.2 or 169.4, the court may make an order (a) directing the applicant to apply to the Registrar-General (i) for an order by the Registrar-General with respect to a matter under subsection 169.2(1), or (ii) for a report by the Registrar-General to be confirmed by the court with respect to a matter under subsection 169.4(1); and (b) staying the court proceeding, or the part of it that relates to the application to the Registrar-General referred to in clause (a). S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 40 . Mortgage partly secured on personalty 177(1) Nothing in this Act takes away or affects the jurisdiction of the court over and in respect of a mortgage, the whole or part of the indebtedness under which is also secured upon personal property; but the court may entertain an action for the enforcement of any or all rights and remedies thereunder, including sale or foreclosure or for the redemption thereof. Trusts, mortgages and debentures 177(2) The court has jurisdiction over, and in respect of (a) a mortgage or trust deed executed by a person to a trustee; and (b) a corporate debenture whether executed by a person in favour of a trustee or in favour of any other person; registered either before or after the coming into force of this Act, for securing payment of moneys by that person, or payment of bonds, debentures, debenture stock, or any similar obligation of that person, or for securing a floating charge, whether the mortgage, deed or debenture affects land under the new system, or partly under the new system and partly under the old system, and may enforce the payment of the moneys, bonds, debentures, debenture stock, or other obligations secured thereby, or entertain an action for the sale of the land, or for the foreclosure of an estate, interest, or claim therein, or for the redemption or discharge of land or other property from the mortgage, deed or debenture. Owner to allow use of name 178(1) The owner of land or of a mortgage, encumbrance, or lease shall, on the application of a beneficiary or person interested therein, allow his name to be used by that beneficiary or person in an action or proceeding, if the action or proceeding is a necessary or proper one to be brought or instituted in the name of the owner and is for the protection or benefit of the title to the land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, or of the interest of that beneficiary or person therein. Indemnity of owner 178(2) The owner shall be indemnified against damages and costs, in like manner as, if he were a trustee, he would be entitled to be indemnified against the similar use of his name in an action or proceeding by his cestui que trust. Documents as evidence in actions 179 In an action or proceeding affecting any land, mortgage, encumbrance, or lease, under the new system, or an estate or interest therein, a person who is a party to the action or proceeding may give in evidence any transfer, mortgage, encumbrance, lease, or other instrument affecting the title to the land, estate, or interest in dispute, although it is not referred to in the certificate of title, or has been cancelled by the district registrar. Instrument admissible 180(1) Every instrument or document filed or registered in a land titles office or any copy thereof produced from the records of that office is admissible in evidence in any court. Custody of district registrar 180(2) Where a district registrar (a) is unable to produce a satisfactory copy, and accordingly produces; or (b) is required by any court to produce, and does produce; the original or duplicate certificate of title, or other instrument, it shall be deemed to be, and to remain, in the custody of the district registrar unless otherwise directed by the judge or presiding officer of the court. Register to be returned 180(3) Where the district registrar is required to produce a register, it at all times remains in the custody of the district registrar and shall be returned to the land titles office when the court is adjourned or recessed, subject to production, from time to time, by order of the judge or presiding officer of the court until a final disposition of the case is made. S.M. 2001, c. 8, s. 7 . 181(1) [Repealed] S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . 181(2) [Repealed] S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 34 . 181(3) and (4) [Repealed] S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . 181(5) [Repealed] S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 34 . S.M. 1996, c. 59, s. 105 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 34 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . COMPENSATION 182 [Repealed] S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 35 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . 182.1 [Repealed] S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 36 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . Amount of compensation re estate or interest in land 183(1) Subject to this section and sections 184 to 191, compensation with respect to an estate or interest in land, other than an estate or interest in mines and minerals referred to in subsection (2), is payable as follows: (a) with respect to the estate or interest in land (i) if a person is deprived of an estate or interest, the value of the estate or interest, or (ii) if the priority of an interest of a person is subordinated to another interest, the reduction in the value of the subordinated interest; (b) reasonable expenses incurred in bringing the claim for compensation; (c) a further sum, not exceeding $5,000, for all other losses incurred by the person claiming compensation; (d) interest on the amount payable under clause (a) from the relevant date under subsection (3), at the prejudgment interest rate established under The Court of King's Bench Act . Amount of compensation — mines and minerals 183(2) Subject to this section and sections 184 to 191, compensation with respect to an estate or interest in mines and minerals, or any of them, in, under or upon land, is payable as follows: (a) the money actually paid for that estate or interest in mines and minerals; (b) a further sum, not exceeding $5,000, for all other losses, including expenses and interest, incurred by the person claiming compensation. Effective date of compensation 183(3) The amount of compensation under subsection (1) or (2) must be determined as of the date on which the person (a) makes an application to the Registrar-General under subsection 169.2(1); or (b) commences a court proceeding respecting land or respecting the estate or interest in land which results in an order for compensation; whichever is earlier. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . Time limit 184(1) No person is entitled to compensation unless, before the expiration of two years after the person knows or ought to have known of the loss sustained, the person brings a claim for compensation. Time limit for person claiming through predecessor 184(2) In the case of a claim for compensation commenced by a person claiming through a predecessor in the estate or interest in land, the person claiming through the predecessor is deemed to have knowledge of the loss sustained on (a) the day on which the predecessor first knew or ought to have known of the loss; or (b) the day on which the person claiming through the predecessor first knew or ought to have known of the loss; whichever is earlier. S.M. 2001, c. 8, s. 8 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 37 . Fraud or wrongful act bar to compensation 185 No person is entitled to compensation if the loss was sustained as a result of the person participating or colluding in fraud or a wrongful act. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 38 . No compensation if caveat not registered 186 No person is entitled to compensation if the loss was sustained because the person — with actual knowledge of the right to have a registration cancelled, restored, corrected, altered or vacated — failed, without reasonable excuse, to give notice of that right by promptly filing a caveat referred to in section 148.1. S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 94 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 38 . No compensation if notice of severing joint tenancy 187 No person is entitled to compensation for any loss sustained as a consequence of severing a joint tenancy if the person was served with a notice under section 79. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 38 . No compensation re district registrar's notice 188 No person is entitled to compensation for any loss sustained if the person was served with a notice from a district registrar or, not having been served, had knowledge that the district registrar was about to (a) bring land in respect of which the notice was issued under this Act; or (b) take the action for which the notice was issued. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 38 . No compensation if relying on duplicate title 189 No person is entitled to compensation for any loss sustained by relying on a duplicate certificate of title. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 38 . Actions — trusts, corporations and municipalities 190(1) No person is entitled to compensation for any loss sustained (a) due to the breach by a registered owner of a trust, whether an expressed, implied or constructive trust; (b) due to a breach of trust by, or an act of misfeasance of, an executor, administrator or trustee; (c) with respect to a corporation, by (i) the improper execution of an instrument on behalf of the corporation, or (ii) the lack of capacity in a corporation to deal with the estate or interest involved or to execute or take the benefit of a registered instrument; or (d) with respect to a municipality, by (i) the improper execution of an instrument on behalf of a municipality, or (ii) the lack of capacity in a municipality to deal with the estate or interest involved or to execute or take the benefit of a registered instrument. Definition of "municipality" 190(2) For the purpose of clause (1)⁠(d), "municipality" includes (a) a local government district; and (b) an incorporated community under The Northern Affairs Act . S.M. 1996, c. 58, s. 470 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 38 . Payment of Compensation Effect of compensation order 191(1) After an order for compensation is made under this Act, the Registrar-General must certify to the Minister of Finance that the person is entitled to the compensation as set out in the order. No further compensation 191(2) Upon payment of compensation to the person, the person ceases to be entitled to further compensation under this Act in relation to the matters to which the order relates. S.M. 1993, c. 48, s. 94 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 . Compensation payable from Consolidated Fund 192(1) Upon receipt of a certificate of the Registrar-General under section 191 as to the amount of compensation due, the Minister of Finance must pay to the person the amount of compensation as set out in the certificate from the Consolidated Fund. 192(2) [Repealed] S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Subrogation 192.1 When a person is entitled to compensation as set out in an order for compensation made under this Act, the government is subrogated to the person's rights and is entitled to recover the amount of the compensation from any one or more persons responsible for the loss, other than the Registrar-General, a district registrar or another employee of a land titles office. A court action may be commenced in the name of the Government of Manitoba. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 39 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . Liability protection 192.2(1) No action or other proceeding may be brought against the Registrar-General, a district registrar or another employee of a land titles office acting under the authority of this Act or any other Act because of anything done or omitted in good faith (a) in the performance or intended performance of a duty under this Act or any other Act; or (b) in the exercise or intended exercise of a power under this Act or any other Act. Limits on liability of employer 192.2(2) The limit on liability provided by subsection (1) to an employee or agent of a service provider also applies to the government and the service provider to the same extent that it would apply to the government under The Proceedings Against the Crown Act if the employee or agent were an officer or agent of the government. But this subsection does not limit the liability of the service provider to the government. "Employee of a land titles office" defined 192.2(3) In this section and section 192.1, "employee of a land titles office" includes a person who is employed by a service provider to provide land registry services. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 41 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 40 ; S.M. 2020, c. 21, s. 167 . Penalties 193(1) A person who (a) wilfully makes a false statement or declaration in a dealing in land under this Act; or (b) wilfully suppresses or conceals or assists, or joins in, or is privy to, the suppressing, withholding, or concealing, from the district registrar of a material document, fact, or matter of information; or (c) fraudulently procures, or is privy to the fraudulent procurement of, a certificate of title or instrument or of an entry in the register, or of an erasure or alteration of an entry in the register; or (d) refuses, or wilfully neglects, to produce an instrument, or to allow it to be inspected upon requisition made by the district registrar; or (e) refuses, or wilfully neglects, to give any information or explanation that he is by this Act required to give; or (f) knowingly misleads or deceives a person authorized by this Act to require an explanation or information in respect to land, or the title to land, in respect to which a dealing or transmission is proposed to be registered; or (g) is a party to, or has participated or colluded in, fraud or a wrongful act in any matter connected with this Act; is guilty of an offence. Penalty — individuals 193(2) An individual who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $50,000, or imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or both. Penalty — corporations 193(3) A corporation that commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $250,000. Order for restitution 193(4) If a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the court may, in addition to any other penalty, order the person to pay restitution in respect of the offence. Limitation 193(5) No proceeding under this section shall be commenced more than six years after the facts on which the proceeding is based first came to the knowledge of the Registrar-General. Filing restitution order in the court 193(6) The person to whom restitution is payable under an order made under subsection (4) may file the order in the court. Once filed, it may be enforced as a judgment of the court. S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 43 . Forms approved by Registrar-General 193.1 The Registrar-General may approve forms for use under this Act. S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 41 . Effect of statement 194 Any statement set out in a document, in an approved form, and signed by the party making the statement has the same effect and validity as an oath, affidavit, affirmation, or statutory declaration, administered, sworn, affirmed or made under The Manitoba Evidence Act . S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 44 . Regulations 195 Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Registrar-General may make regulations (a) for the purpose of subclause 2(6)⁠(b)⁠(ii), prescribing the types of instruments that may be given accepted status in the circumstances specified in the rules of practice; (a.1) for the purpose of subsections 13(7) and 13.1(7), specifying the powers or duties of a district registrar or the Examiner of Surveys that must not be delegated except with the approval of the Registrar-General; (b) specifying financial institutions for the purpose of the definition "financial institution" in subsection 72(2); (c) designating public bodies for the purpose of subsection 72.4(2); (d) designating classes of persons as witnesses for the purpose of subsection 72.5(4); (e) for the purpose of section 72.10, (i) authorizing a person or class of persons set out in any of sections 72.5 to 72.9 to witness the execution of an instrument under the respective section without being in the presence of the person executing the instrument, (ii) specifying the procedures to be followed for witnessing the execution of an instrument, (iii) if the person executing an instrument and the witness are in different jurisdictions, deeming the instrument to be executed in a particular jurisdiction, and (iv) prescribing wording to be contained in or appended to an instrument; (f) prescribing the form and content of a statutory declaration as to the ownership of farm land for the purpose of subsection 85(3); (g) prescribing the maximum amount chargeable for preparing and registering a discharge of an interest under section 105.1; (h) designating classes of persons as eligible grantees for the purpose of clause 111(1)⁠(d); (i) prescribing fees payable under this Act or The Registry Act and prescribing fees payable under any other Act for services provided by a district registrar or a land titles office;

(j) respecting any other matters the Registrar-General considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act. S.M. 1996, c. 68, s. 10 ; S.M. 2011, c. 33, s. 44 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 42 ; S.M. 2020, c. 25, s. 5 ; S.M. 2022, c. 19, s. 6 . 196 [Repealed] S.M. 1989-90, c. 91, s. 14 ; S.M. 1990-91, c. 4, s. 6 ; S.M. 2013, c. 11, s. 43 .