This Act may be cited as the Christchurch District Drainage Amendment Act, 1926, and shall be read together with and deemed to form part of the Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1907 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Where the owner of any land within the district of the Christchurch Drainage Board as defined by the principal Act and its amendments sells such land or any part thereof (not having a frontage to an existing road, street, or private street), and in pursuance of the provisions of subsection one of section one hundred and sixteen of the Public Works Act, 1908, provides and dedicates part of such land as a public road or street, he shall, if so required by the said Board, provide and lay drains and sewers in such road or street to the satisfaction of the said Board.

The District Land Registrar or the Registrar of Deeds (as the case may require) of the Canterbury District shall refuse to register any instrument affecting the said land unless and until he is satisfied that the owner thereof has complied with the requirements of this Act.

For the purposes of this section—

The provisions of section ninety-five of the Trustee Act, 1908, shall, both in respect of trusts heretofore and hereafter created, apply to all bonds, debentures, or other securities issued or to be issued by the Board, and forming the whole or any portion or portions of any loan which has been or may hereafter be raised by the said Board under the authority of any enactment.