5 Acknowledgment by spouse
disposition as required under this Act or executes a disposition
containing the consent, the spouse shall acknowledge apart from
the married person
(a) that the spouse is aware o f the nature of the disposition,
(b) that the spouse is aware that the Dower Act gives the spouse
a life estate in the homestead and the right to prevent
disposition of the homestead by withholding consent,
(c) that the spouse consents t o the disposition for the purpose of
giving up, to the extent necessary to give effect to the
disposition, the life estate and other dower rights given by
the Dower Act in the homestead, and
(d) that the spouse is executing the document freely and
voluntarily without any compulsion on the part of the
married person.
(2) The acknowledgment may be made before a person authorized
to take proof of the execution of instruments under the Land Titles
Act, and a certificate of the acknowledgment in the prescribed form
shall be endorsed on or attached to the disposition executed by the
spouse.
(3) The Court on being satisfied of the due execution of a consent
and the making of an acknowledgment, whether the consent was
executed and the acknowledgment made within or outside Alberta,
may authorize the registration of the disposition notwithstanding
that the proof of the execution of the consent or of the making of
the acknowledgment is defective.
RSA 1980 cD-38 s5