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—(1) No assurance or caveat shall be provisionally registered under this Act unless the persons who have executed it or their legal personal representatives or the agents authorised as in section 10 of those persons or representatives appear either simultaneously or at different times before the Registrar and admit such execution.
(2) The Registrar shall —
(a)
inquire whether or not the instrument was executed by the persons by whom it purports to have been executed;
(b)
satisfy himself as to the identity of the persons appearing before him and alleging that they have executed the instrument; and
(c)
in the case of any person appearing as a legal personal representative or agent, satisfy himself of the right of that person so to appear.
(3) If all the persons who have executed the instrument appear personally before the Registrar and are personally known to him, or if he is otherwise satisfied that they are the persons they represent themselves to be, and if they all admit the execution or, in the case of any person appearing by an agent, if his agent admits the execution, or if the person who has executed the instrument is dead and his legal personal representative appears before the Registrar and admits the execution, the Registrar shall provisionally register the instrument under this Act.
(4) The Registrar may, in order to satisfy himself that the persons appearing before him are the persons they represent themselves to be, or for any other purpose contemplated by this Act, examine on oath or affirmation any one present in his office.
(5) This section shall not apply in the case of a person whose execution of the instrument is certified in the prescribed form, subject to variations permitted under the rules, by —
(a)
an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
(b)
a consular officer or representative of Singapore; or
(c)
a notary public practising in the country where the execution takes place.
(6) This section shall not apply in the case of any instrument which has been executed by a company or corporation under its common seal, if —
(a)
a director or the secretary of the company or corporation by which the instrument purports to have been executed appears before the Registrar and admits that the instrument was executed in accordance with the articles of association or other rules governing the management of the affairs of the company or corporation and that the seal affixed thereto is the seal of that company or corporation; or
(b)
the execution of the instrument is certified in the prescribed form subject to variations permitted under the rules made under this Act by —
(i)
an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
(ii)
a consular officer or representative of Singapore; or
(iii)
a notary public practising in the country where the execution takes place.
(7) Where there is no notary public practising in the country where the execution takes place, this section shall not apply if an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court certifies on the instrument that —
(a)
the person executing the instrument is his client;
(b)
his client is of full age and legal capacity; and
(c)
he is satisfied that the instrument was executed by his client.
(8) Where an instrument is executed by a company or corporation under its common seal in a country where there is no practising notary public, this section shall not apply if an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court certifies on the instrument that —
(a)
the company or corporation executing the instrument is his client; and
(b)
he is satisfied that the instrument was executed by the company or corporation in accordance with the articles of association or other rules governing the management of the affairs of the company or corporation and that the seal affixed onto the instrument is the seal of the company or corporation.
(9) This section shall not apply in the case of any instrument executed by the Public Trustee or by the Official Assignee under his official seal.