214Recognisances entered into not to affect purchasers unless duly registered as directed by this Act

214 Recognisances entered into not to affect purchasers unless duly registered as directed by this Act No judgment statute or recognisance which is obtained or entered into in the name or upon the proper account of His Majesty, or inquisition by which any debt is found due to His Majesty, or obligation or specialty which is made to His Majesty or any acceptance of office which is accepted by officers whose lands thereby become liable for the payment and satisfaction of arrearages, shall affect any freehold land or chattel real as to purchasers mortgagees or execution creditors, unless and until a memorandum, containing the name and the usual or last-known place of abode and the trade or profession of the person whose estate is intended to be affected thereby and also in the case of any judgment the Court and the title of the cause in which such judgment has been obtained and the date of such judgment and the amount of the debt damages and costs thereby recovered and also in the case of a statute or recognisance the sum for which the same was acknowledged and before whom the same was acknowledged and the date of the same and also in the case of an inquisition the sum thereby found to be due and the date of the same and also in the case of an obligation or specialty the sum in which the obligor is bound or for which the obligation or specialty is made and the date of the same and also in the case of acceptance of office the name of the office and the time of the officer accepting the same, is left with the Registrar-General, who shall forthwith enter the said particulars in a book to be entitled "The Index to Debtors and Accountants to the Crown" in alphabetical order by the name of the person whose estate is intended to be affected by such judgment statute or recognisance inquisition obligation or specialty or the acceptance of any office; and there shall be paid for every such entry such fee as is prescribed by regulations under this Act; and all persons shall be at liberty to search the same book and also the other book to be kept as aforesaid or either of the said books on payment of such fee as is prescribed by regulations under this Act, whether one only or both of the said books is or are searched, and no multiplication of books is to increase the fee[[46]](#endnote-47). No. 3754 s. 215.