18 (1) The land registrar shall keep a by-law index in which he or she shall enter the registration number of every by-law registered after the 1st day of January, 1963, the number of the by-law, the name of the municipality and the title of the by-law.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (1). By-law to contain description of land (2) No by-law that directly affects the title to land shall be registered unless it contains a local description of the land affected.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (2). Authentication of by-laws (3) A by-law of a municipality may be registered by the production of a duplicate original or a copy of the by-law certified by the clerk of the municipality under its seal.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (3). Order of Ontario Land Tribunal, etc. (4) An order of the Ontario Land Tribunal or other instrument registered under section 68 shall be recorded in the by-law index.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (4); 2021, c. 4, Sched. 6, s. 85 (1). No entry of by-law, etc., in general register (5) No entry in respect of an order of the Ontario Land Tribunal or other instrument registered under section 68 or of a by-law shall be made in the general register index.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (5); 2021, c. 4, Sched. 6, s. 85 (1). General registrations (6) The following instruments when received for registration shall be registered as general registrations and, except as otherwise provided in this Act, shall not be recorded in the abstract index: 1.  Wills or notarial copies of them. 2.  Letters probate or notarial copies of them. 3.  Letters of administration or notarial copies of them. 4.  General appointments of new trustees or notarial copies of those appointments. 5.  Certificates or certified or notarial copies of judgments or of court orders appointing or removing executors, administrators, guardians or trustees. 6.  Certificates or certified or notarial copies of orders made under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992
or the Mental Health Act. 7.  Certificates, certified or notarial copies of orders of change of name by an Ontario court and certificates of change of name issued by the Registrar General. 8.  Powers of attorney or revocations of them, or notarial copies of powers of attorney or those revocations. 9.  Orders in council of Canada or Ontario, or certified copies thereof, not containing local descriptions. 10.  Notarial copies of, i.  letters patent or certificates of incorporation, ii.  supplementary letters patent or certificates, or iii.  certificates of continuance. 11.  Notarial copies of letters patent or certificates changing names of corporations or amalgamating corporations. 12.  Notarial copies of certificates of amalgamation of loan or trust corporations. 13.  Notarial copies of extra-provincial licences under the Extra-Provincial Corporations Act. 14.  General bars of dower. 15.  Notarial copies of licences in mortmain. 16.  Certificates of appointment of estate trustees or notarial copies of those certificates. 17.  Certificates of appointment of statutory guardians under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 or notarial copies of those certificates. 17.1  General conveyances and transfers of assets of a corporation to another corporation. 18.  Instruments of a class prescribed by the Minister.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (6); 1993, c. 27, Sched.; 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 216 (1, 2); 1999, c. 12, Sched. F, s. 35; 2000, c. 26, Sched. B, s. 17 (1); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 2, s. 64 (1). Idem (7) Where, under subsection (6), a notarial copy of an instrument is specified, there may be registered, in lieu of such notarial copy, a copy of the instrument certified by the proper officer of the government of Canada or Ontario.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (7). General Register Index (8) Every land registrar shall keep an alphabetical index in the required form of all general registrations, to be known in English as the “General Register Index” and in French as “répertoire général d’enregistrement”.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (8); 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 216 (3). Separate index (9) The Director may, by written direction, require a land registrar to prepare and maintain a separate alphabetical index for any class of general registrations.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (9). Books, etc., Crown property (10) All books, indexes, photographic film reproductions and other records used and kept in and for the purposes of a land registry office are the property of the Crown.  R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, s. 18 (10). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1993, c. 27, Sched. - 31/12/1991; 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 216 (1-3) - 18/12/1998; 1999, c. 12, Sched. F, s. 35 - 22/12/1999 2000, c. 26, Sched. B, s. 17 (1) - 06/12/2000 2009, c. 33, Sched. 2, s. 64 (1) - 15/12/2009 2012, c. 8, Sched. 51, s. 9 - see Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2022; CTS 13 JL 12 - 5 2021, c. 4, Sched. 6, s. 85 (1) - 01/06/2021