D—No. 1

PROPOSED REGULATIONS UNDER THE Inhibitions. 101. Any Inhibition authorized by the Land Registry Act may be lodged either by delivery at the Registry Office or by sending the same by Post in the usual way, addressed to the District Registrar, together with a statement showing the nature of the interest sought to be protected by such Inhibition. Such interest shall be defined in such statement, as nearly as may be, in a simple and compendious form. 102. The Inhibition shall be in the form or to the effect following,—subject to be varied by direction of the Registrar-General :— " I, A. 8., of , declare that I am interested in the undermentioned land or charge, that is to say"—[specify whether land or charge, and the particulars thereof. If land, the situation, estimated contents, measurement, Province, District, Parish or place where situate, the number of the section, subsection, or allotment, the number of the Crown Grant relating to. the same, the name of the registered Proprietor of the land or charge, and the Register number thereof]. " The " nature of the interest which I desire to protect appears by the accompanying statement. A plan " of the land to which this Inhibition relates is hereto annexed; and I hereby inhibit any dealing " with such land to the prejudice of my before-mentioned interest. My address is:"—[Here add some place of address in the town where the Register Office is situate]. (Signed) "A.8." " Signed in the presence of 103. Such declaration and Inhibition shall be either signed and made in presence of the District Registrar or Registrar-General, or their respective deputies, or before some Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand. 104. If the Inhibition relates to land, a plan of the land shall be annexed. 105. Inhibitions shall be numbered consecutively in the order in which they shall be received, and each Inhibition shall be stamped or marked with the proper number, immediately on receipt thereof, and a reference thereto entered in the Register of Proprietors, (or of charges as the case may be,) affected by such Inhibition. 106. A Book shall be kept for entering a short minute of Inhibitions, lodged immediately on receipt thereof. 107. Such Book shall be kept in the form from time to time prescribed by the Registrar-General. 108. A receipt for each Inhibition shall be signed by the District Registrar, and delivered or sent by Post to the Inhibitor, which receipt shall be in a form from time to time prescribed by the Registrar-General, and shall specify the day and hour of the receipt thereof. 109. On the District Registrar being satisfied that the Regulations have been complied with, the Inhibition shall be forthwith registered in the Register of Inhibitions, each Inhibition being entered separately in consecutive order. 110. The form of entry in the Registrar of Inhibitions may be as follows, —subject to be from time to time altered by authority of the Registrar-General : — " On the day of (the day of the deposit of Inhibition), the following " Inhibition was lodged, viz. : —[Here, copy Inhibition]. The interest protected by such inhibitor "is as follows :"—[Here copy particulars from the statement accompanying the Inhibition]. " The " proprietor of the said (land or charge as the case may be), is hereby inhibited from dealing with " the same to the prejudice of the above mentioned interest." John E. Smith, District Registrar. 111. Notice of such Inhibition shall be given forthwith to the registered Proprietor of the land or charge to which the Inhibition relates or his agent, in such manner as the Registrar-General shall from time to time direct. 112. Every person lodging an Inhibition shall make and subscribe before the District Registrar, or before some Justice of the Peace for the Colony, an affidavit to the following effect, which shall be annexed to the Inhibition : —■ " I, A. 8., of , do solemnly swear that according to the best of my knowledge, " information, and belief, I am (or if the Inhibition be lodged on behalf of any other person, then " that C. D. is) (or are) interested in the land or charge referred to in the annexed Inhibition, '-' Dated, &c. " Sworn, &c,