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2018-44 - Registry Act

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2018-44
under the
Registry Act
(O.C. 2018-146)
Filed May 15, 2018
1Section 2 of New Brunswick Regulation 84-190 under the Registry Act is amended
(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:
2(1)Subject to this section, unless it is prepared in book form for deposit, an instrument shall be printed or typewritten on good quality white paper, 8.5 inches by 11 inches (22.6 cm by 27.94 cm) or 8.5 inches by 14 inches (22.6 cm by 35.6 cm), with a margin of not less than one inch (2.5 cm) on the top and left side of the page and, if printed on the reverse side thereof, a margin of not less than one inch (2.5 cm) on the top and right side of the page and shall be of sufficient clarity to permit photocopying or other reproduction.
(b) by adding the following after subsection (2):
2(3)If an instrument is to be filed or registered under the Act by submitting a digitally scanned image of the instrument, the digitally scanned image shall be of sufficient clarity to be readable when reproduced.
2(4)If an instrument with a crimped or raised seal affixed to it is to be filed or registered under the Act by submitting a digitally scanned image of the instrument, the seal must be darkened or otherwise sufficiently enhanced so that the seal may be identified.
2(5)A registrar may refuse to file or register an instrument,
(a) with respect to a digitally scanned image of an instrument referred to in subsection (3), if the instrument is not of sufficient clarity to be readable by the registrar when reproduced, or
(b) with respect to a digitally scanned image of an instrument referred to in subsection (4), if the seal cannot be identified by the registrar.