56 (1) A certificate of discharge, in the prescribed form, of a registered mortgage, executed by the mortgagee, the executor, administrator, estate trustee or assignee of the mortgagee, or by such other person as may be entitled by law to receive the money and to discharge the mortgage, may be registered.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 56 (1); 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (1). (2) Repealed:  1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (2). (3) Repealed:  1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (2). (4) Repealed:  1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (2). (5) Repealed:  1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (2). (6) Repealed:  1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (3). Where plan registered after mortgage (7) Where land is mortgaged and subsequently subdivided by a registered plan of subdivision, judge’s plan, land registrar’s compiled plan, or any other registered plan by which lots are created, any certificate of discharge of the mortgage shall contain a description of the affected land with reference to the plan.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 56 (7). Deletion of entries (8) If the land registrar is satisfied that a registered instrument purporting to discharge a mortgage validly discharges the land described in the discharging instrument from any claim arising under the mortgage or under any other instrument relating exclusively to the mortgage, the land registrar shall, (a)  delete from the abstract index, in the manner that the Director of Titles specifies, the entry of the mortgage and all other instruments relating exclusively to the mortgage; or (b)  make an entry in the abstract index in the manner that the Director of Titles specifies indicating that the entry of the mortgage and all other instruments relating exclusively to the mortgage is deleted.  1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (4); 2000, c. 26, Sched. B, s. 17 (10). Exception (9) Despite subsection (8), the land registrar shall not delete the entry of an instrument in the abstract index for a lot or part of a lot unless he or she is satisfied that all the lot or part is free from claims under the instrument.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 56 (9). Effect of deletion (10) If the land registrar has complied with subsection (8), the land described in the discharging instrument is not affected by any claim under the mortgage or under any other instrument relating exclusively to the mortgage.  1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (4). Discharge of mortgage registered for ten years (11) Where it appears from the abstract index that an instrument purporting to be a valid discharge of a mortgage has been registered for ten or more years, and the entry of the mortgage or any other instrument relating exclusively thereto has not been deleted from the abstract index, the land described in the mortgage or instrument, or that part of the land described in the discharging instrument, as the case may be, is not affected by any claim under the mortgage or instrument or under any instrument relating exclusively thereto.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 56 (11). Instruments under s. 30 (12) Subsections (8) to (11) apply with necessary modifications to instruments mentioned in section 30, as that section read immediately before December 18, 1998, and to every instrument purporting to discharge one of those instruments.  1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (4, 5). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 240 (1-5) - 18/12/1998 2000, c. 26, Sched. B, s. 17 (10) - 06/12/2000 2012, c. 8, Sched. 51, s. 22 (1, 2) - see Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2022