Cree-Naskapi Land Registry Regulations (SOR/86-1070)

24. (1) Where a registrar accepts a document received pursuant to section 21, the registrar shall

• (a) stamp on the document the year, month, day and hour that the document was accepted for registration by the registrar;

• (b) make two certified copies of the document;

• (c) endorse and date the information referred to in paragraph (a); and

• (d) forthwith forward the document and one of the endorsed certified copies to the appropriate local land registry office or the central land registry office, as the case may be.

(2) Where a document accepted for registration by a registrar is not, in the opinion of the registrar, of a material quality to ensure legibility and durability, the registrar shall prepare a true copy of the document and the true copy shall be considered the original document for registration purposes.

(3) Where a document accepted for registration by a registrar is written in the Cree or Naskapi language, the registrar shall prepare a memorial of the document in either the English or the French language and attach the memorial to the document.

(4) A memorial prepared pursuant to subsection (3) shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the registrar who prepared the memorial attesting to the facts that the registrar understands the languages in which the memorial and the document are written, the registrar has carefully compared the memorial and the document, and the memorial is in all respects an accurate summary of the matters referred to in the document.

25. (1) Where a registrar of a land registry office receives a document and an endorsed certified copy of the document forwarded pursuant to paragraph 24(1)(d), the registrar shall record in chronological order in the entry book for the land registry office the following information in respect of the document:

• (a) the year, month and day that the document was accepted for confirmation of registration or rejected by the registrar;

• (b) the year, month, day and hour that the document was accepted under subsection 24(1) for registration; and

• (c) the information referred to in paragraphs 22(b) to (e).

(2) Where a registrar rejects a document received pursuant to paragraph 24(1)(d), the registrar shall return the document to the registrar who forwarded it pursuant to paragraph 24(1)(d) and that registrar shall return the document to the person who forwarded it for registration pursuant to section 21.

(3) Where a registrar of a land registry office accepts for confirmation of registration a document received pursuant to paragraph 24(1)(d), the registrar shall

• (a) assign a registration number to the document and the certified copy of the document and record that number in the entry book for the office;

• (b) stamp on the document and on the certified copy the words "registration confirmed" and "enregistrement confirmé" and the year, month and day that the document was accepted for confirmation of registration by the registrar;

• (c) endorse and date the information referred to in paragraph (b); and

• (d) forthwith forward

  • (i) in the case of a local land registrar, the confirmed document to the central land registrar, or

  • (ii) in the case of the central land registrar, the confirmed certified copy of the document to the appropriate local land registrar.