No act or omission of any registrar or of any officer employed in a deeds registry shall render the Government or such registrar or officer liable for damage sustained by any person in consequence of such act or omission: Provided that if such act or omission is mala fide or if such registrar or officer has not exercised reasonable care and diligence in carrying out his or her duties in connection with such act or omission, the Government shall be liable for the damage aforesaid: Provided further that the registrar or officer guilty of such act or omission shall be liable to make good any loss or damage resulting therefrom to the Government if such act or omission was mala fide: Provided further that if such act or omission was mala fide, such registrar or officer and every person that was part of a collusion, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment or to both such fine and imprisonment.

[Section 99 substituted by section 10 of the Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 20 of 2024), Notice No. 5649, GG 51730, dated 10 December 2024: Effective 10 December 2024]