41.—(1) The following subsection shall be inserted after section 3(4) of the Deeds Act (pending actions relating to land):
“(4A) The registration of a pending action may also be vacated by lodging in the registry of deeds a certificate stating such matters as may be prescribed—
(a)which is signed by—
(i)the person on whose behalf the pending action was registered, or
(ii)a solicitor acting for that person or, if that person is dead, for his personal representatives; and
(b)except where that person is a body corporate, which has its execution attested by two witnesses whose names and addresses and occupations or descriptions are subscribed to the certificate or attested by one witness who is a solicitor and whose name, address and description as a solicitor are subscribed to the certificate.”.
(2) In section 3(6) of that Act after “(4)” there shall be inserted “or (4A)”.
(3) This Article applies only to certificates signed after the commencement of the Article.