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Land Transfer.

218. (1.) There may from time to time be appointed qualified persons to be valuators under this Act, and any such appointment j may at any time be revoked. (2.) Every person appointed as a valuator, or who has been already so appointed, may be required to take the following oath before a Judge of the Supreme Court or District Court, or before any officer appointed for that purpose by the Governor : — "I, A. B., do swear that I will faithfully and to the best of my ability make any valuation required of me under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915." (3.) In the case of a valuator appointed under any former Land Transfer Act, and holding office on the coming into operation of this Act, the oath taken by him under such former Land Transfer Act shall be deemed to have been taken under this section. Miscellaneous. 219. Subject to the express provisions of this Act, the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations— (a.) Prescribing and altering the fees which may be taken by Registrars under this Act; except only that the fees to be taken in respect of the several matters specified in the Ninth Schedule hereto shall not exceed the amounts specified in such Schedule ; also (b.) Regulating the practice and conduct of business under this Act; also (c.) Prescribing the qualifications necessary in the case of persons to be appointed to offices under this Act. 220. No application or instrument for which a -form is prescribed by any of the Schedules to this Act shall be received or registered unless written upon a printed form supplied by the Stamp Office or approved by the Registrar, unless such application or instrument is executed under circumstances which, in the opinion of the Registrar, reasonably excuse the omission to use such printed form. 221. The Registrar-General may from time to time make such variations in the forms prescribed in the Schedules hereto as he deems necessary or expedient, and every form authenticated by his seal, or by the seal of the Registrar of the district within which, the same is used, shall be taken to be a duly authorized form unless the contrary is proved. 222. In any form under this Act the description, of any person as proprietor, transferor, transferee, mortgagor, mortgagee, lessor or lessee, or as trustee, or as seised of, having, or taking any estate or interest in any land shall be deemed to include the heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns of such person. 223. (1.) Where a form in any of the Schedules hereto is directed to be used, such direction shall apply equally to any form to the like effect, signed by a Registrar or stamped with his seal, or which for the same purpose may be authorized in conformity with this Act. (2.) Any variation from such forms, not being in matter of substance, shall not affect their validity or regularity, but they may be used with such alterations as the character of the parties or circumstances of the case render necessary.

Valuators may be appointed , .1908, No. 99, s. 221 1912, No. 23, s. 60 (3; Oath to be taken by valuators.

Governor in Council may fix and alter fees under the Act, and make regulations. 1908. No, 99, s. 222

Printed forms to be supplied and used. Ib., s. 223 1913, No. 17, s. 22

Registrar-Goneral may sanction variations from scheduled form s. 1908, No. 99, s. 224

Description of person in special character to include legal representatives. Ib., s. 225

Forms may be used with necessary variations. lb., s. 226

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