Crown Lands Act, 1873

Registration of Deeds in Scotland.

Registration of deeds in Court of Session.

5. A copy of or an extract from the record of any lease, conveyance, deed, or document registered for behoop of the Crown in terms of the Act of the third and fourth years of His Majesty King William the Fourth, chapter sixty-nine, in the office of Chancery of Scotland, shall be equivalent to the principal of such lease, conveyance, deed, or document, if such copy or extract is attested as a true copy or extract by the officer for the time being having the custody of the record of the principal of such lease, conveyance, deed, or document; and the keeper of the register, of deeds, probative writs, and protests for Scotland shall record any such attested copy or extract in the books of council and session in the same manner as if the principal lease, conveyance, deed, or document duly authenticated had been presented to him for registration. And when any such copy or extract has been so recorded as aforesaid in the books of council and session, such record shall be deemed to be for all intents and purposes a record of the principal lease, conveyance, deed, or document, or of so much thereof as shall be so recorded; and the keeper of the said register shall issue a copy or extract of any such record as aforesaid containing, when required, a warrant in the same terms and which shall have the same effect as if the principal lease, conveyance, deed, or document had been recorded in the books of council and session. Registration of deeds in Court of Session.