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Conveyancing Act 1919
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#### 64 Satisfaction of covenants to produce deeds
64 Satisfaction of covenants to produce deeds
> > (1) A covenant or undertaking expressed or implied whether entered into before or after the commencement of this Act to produce any document relating to land, shall be satisfied by a deposit of the document permanently with the Registrar-General, who shall give a receipt for and keep a list of all documents so deposited, and shall, on payment of the prescribed fees, permit any person to search therein and to inspect and obtain copies of every such deed.
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> > (2) Where the Registrar-General has—
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> > > (a) pursuant to section 17(2) of the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025), or pursuant to section 31A(2) of that Act, created a folio or folios of the Register, or
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> > > (b) pursuant to section 28MF of that Act, cancelled the caution or cautions recorded in any folio or folios of the Register,
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> > for the whole of the land affected by a document deposited pursuant to subsection (1) or deposited before the commencement of the [Conveyancing (Amendment) Act 1972](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1972-17), pursuant to section 53(2)(e) the Registrar-General may, notwithstanding subsection (1) but subject to the [State Records Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-017), destroy that document.
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> **s 64:** Am 1972 No 17, sec 6 (d); 1976 No 84, Sch 5 (4); 1979 No 171, Sch 1 (1) (am 1984 No 153, Sch 16); 1984 No 20, Sch 2 (8); 2007 No 82, Sch 1.2 \[2\]; 2016 No 46, Sch 4.2 \[6\] \[7\]; 2018 No 75, Sch 1 \[7\].