Section 40Part 5 — Dispositions
Power to compel registration
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40. (1) If he is satisfied that any person, through his wilful default, has failed to register any instrument which is registerable under this Law, the Registrar may, by notice in writing, order such person to present such instrument for registration, and thereupon the registration fee and any additional fee payable under section 39 shall become due and payable whether the instrument is presented for registration or not.
Whoever fails to comply with an order of the Registrar under subsection (1) within one month of the service of the notice is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty dollars.