N-2 - Notarial Act

Section 42 Disposition versions

1999-10-22

42. (1)  Every notarial deed, before it is signed, must be read aloud to the parties by the notary or by a third person appointed by him; such reading shall not be required with respect to parties who have themselves read the deed.

(2)  It shall not be necessary for a trust deed to be read to the parties, or for a deed in which the State or a State-owned enterprise or any public or private legal person or society appears, to be read to the representative thereof, provided that the parties to the trust deed or the said representative, as the case may be, have declared to the notary that they have taken cognizance of it and have exempted him from reading it or causing it to be read.

(3)  Mention of such declaration and exemption must be made in the deed, before the signatures.

1968, c. 70, s. 42; 1999, c. 40, s. 197.

1977-12-31

42. (1)  Every notarial deed, before it is signed, must be read aloud to the parties by the notary or by a third person appointed by him; such reading shall not be required with respect to parties who have themselves read the deed.

(2)  It shall not be necessary for a trust deed to be read to the parties, or for a deed in which Her Majesty, a Crown corporation or any public or private corporation or society appears, to be read to the representative thereof, provided that the parties to the trust deed or the said representative, as the case may be, have declared to the notary that they have taken cognizance of it and have exempted him from reading it or causing it to be read.

(3)  Mention of such declaration and exemption must be made in the deed, before the signatures.

1968, c. 70, s. 42.