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Section I   The Registry Office and the Registers

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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Section I   The Registry Office and the Registers

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    2038.   A registry office is established for the registration of all real rights affecting immovables, and of all other acts requiring registration.

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    2039.   A public officer called a Registrar is appointed by the Governor General to keep such registry office, who is charged to execute the duties prescribed by this title; and every act of fraud which he commits or allows to be committed in the exercise of the duties of his or her office, subjects him or her to pay to the party injured triple damages with costs, besides loss of office and other penalties imposed by law.

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    2040.   The registry office must be kept open every day, Saturdays Sundays and holidays excepted, from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm. (Substituted by Act 4 of 1988)

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    2041.   The Registrar shall keep:

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      1.     An entry book in which is inscribed the particulars of each document deposited for registration, the entries being numbered in order, according to the time of deposit for registration, such particulars being in each case the year, month, day and hour when the document is deposited for registration, the names of the parties to it and of the person on whose behalf it is deposited, the nature of the document, the amount for which registration is required, and a general description of the immovable affected.

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      2.     Two registers, in which documents are transcribed at length, one of them containing all deeds of sale, and the other all other deeds and documents.

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      3.     An alphabetical index of the names of all persons mentioned in the deeds and documents registered, in which index is entered against the name of each person, the number of each document which mentions such person, and the volume of the register in which the document is entered.

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    2042.   The Governor General may alter the form of any books, indexes, or other official documents to be kept by the Registrar, or direct new ones to be kept; and all orders to that effect are published in the Gazette and take effect from the day therein appointed, provided such day be not fixed at less than one month from the publication of such order.

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