Financial Management of Parliament Act, 2009
R 385
Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937)Chapter VIII : Miscellaneous98. Substituted copy of lost deed supersedes original which must be surrendered on recovery |
(1) | If a copy of a registered deed or other document has been issued, in manner prescribed by regulation, in substitution of a deed or other document which has been lost or is believed to have been destroyed, the original deed or other document, if still in existence, shall thereupon become void. |
(2) | If a deed or other document which has become void as aforesaid, comes into the possession or custody of any person who knows that a copy has been issued in substitution thereof, he shall forthwith deliver or transmit such deed or other document to the registrar concerned. |