Section 20

Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations.

The Registration Act, 1908

  • Act 16 of 1908
  • Ministry of Rural Development
  • Department of Land Resources
About this Act

An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the Registration of Documents.

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    (1) The registering officer may in his discretion refuse to accept for registration any document in which any interlineation, blank, erasure or alteration appears, unless the persons executing the document attest with their signatures or initials such interlineation, blank, erasure or alteration.
     (2) If the registering officer registers any such document, he shall, at the time of registering the same, make a note in the register of such interlineation, blank, erasure or alteration.
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