BILL 81

An Act to Amend An Act Respecting the Enforcement of Money Judgments Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Subsection 35(2) of An Act Respecting the Enforcement of Money Judgments Act, chapter 32 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 2013, is repealed and the following is substituted:

35( 2) Section 19 of the Act is amended

(a)  in subsection (1) by adding “, (4.1)” after “(4)”;

(b)  in subsection (2) by striking out “(4) and (5)” and “a memorial of the judgment” and substituting “(4), (4.1) and (5)” and “the judgment or a memorial of the judgment” respectively;

(c)  by adding after subsection (4) the following:

19( 4.1) Without limiting subsection (4), if a sheriff executes a conveyance of an interest in lands sold by the sheriff under the Enforcement of Money Judgments Act, the conveyance, if registered within six months after the day of its execution, shall, as against any subsequent purchaser or judgment creditor, be as valid as if registered on the day of its execution.