29 Letters patent
letters patent for the grant have been forwarded from the office
from which the letters patent are issued to the Registrar, the
Registrar shall retain the letters patent in the Registrar's office, and
a certificate of title, as provided by this Act, with any necessary
qualifications shall be granted to the patentee.
(2) If a person has obtained a patent under a homestead or under a
homestead and pre-emption entry in accordance with any statutory
provision, a certificate of title shall be issued to the person free of
all fees and levies that under this Act are otherwise required to be
paid.
RSA 2000
(3) The notification to the Hudson's Bay Company by the Minister
of the Interior under the Dominion Lands Act (Canada), RSC 1927
c113, of the survey and confirmation of the survey of any township
or part of a township shall be accepted by the Registrar as
equivalent to and dealt with by the Registrar in all respects in the
same manner as if the notification were letters patent to and in
favour of the company granting to the company in fee simple the
sections or portions of sections to which it is entitled in the
townships or parts of townships under the Dominion Lands Act
(Canada), RSC 1927 c113.
(4) A notification to the Registrar from the Minister of the Interior
of Canada that the land described in the notification has been
granted to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company or to any other
railway company entitled to Dominion land under authority of an
Act of the Parliament of Canada shall be accepted by the Registrar
and dealt with by the Registrar in all respects as if it were letters
patent in favour of the company.
(5) A notification received by the Registrar from the Minister of
Infrastructure of the abandonment by the Crown of any roads or
road allowances or trails that now are or that may hereafter be
vested in the Crown in right of Alberta has the same effect as a
patent issued by the Crown to the person mentioned in the
notification as transferee and shall be so treated by the Registrar,
and the notification shall state the nature of the grant and shall
specify any mines, minerals, easements or rights that are excepted
from the grant.
(6) A certified copy of an order in council passed by the
Government of Canada or other notification that the land described
in the order in council or notification has been granted to the
Crown in right of Alberta is of the same effect as a patent issued by
the Crown and shall be so treated by the Registrar.
(7) On receipt by the Registrar of a notification affecting any land
vested in the Crown in right of Alberta, issued and executed in the
manner provided in any statute in force in Alberta relating to the
disposition of the land first mentioned, that any parcel of the land
described in the notification or any interest in any such land has
been granted to any person pursuant to that statute, the notification
shall be accepted by the Registrar and be dealt with by the
Registrar in all respects as if it were letters patent in favour of that
person, and the Registrar shall issue a certificate of title in
conformity with the terms of the notification.
RSA 2000 cL-4 s29;2006 c21 s11;2024 c4 s5
RSA 2000