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  • 285 (1) If, in the opinion of the registrar,
  • (a) an error has been made in a registration or in an indefeasible title or other instrument or document,
  • (b) a prohibition against dealing with land is necessary to prevent fraud,
  • (c) a person empowered to administer an enactment has produced satisfactory evidence of a contravention of the enactment and a prohibition is considered necessary to prevent improper dealing in land covered by an indefeasible title,
  • (d) land owned by or alleged to be owned by the Crown or a person under a disability is or may be improperly dealt with, or
  • (e) any other circumstances require it,
  • the registrar, on the registrar’s own behalf or on behalf of the Crown or a person under a disability, may lodge a caveat to prohibit dealing with the land.
  • (2) The registrar, in the exercise of the registrar’s discretion under subsection (1), may call for such evidence as the registrar considers necessary in the circumstances.
  • (3) A caveat lodged by the registrar does not lapse unless the caveat expressly so provides.

1979-219-264; 1982-60-74, proclaimed effective August 1, 1983.