19: Documents in language not understood by registering Officer
The Registration Act · Federal Acts · Part III · in_force
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If any document duly presented for registration be in a language which the registering officer does not understand, and which is not commonly used in the district, he shall refuse to register the document, unless it be accompanied by a true translation into a language commonly used in the district and also by a true copy.
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18: Documents of which registration is optional20: Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations17: Documents of which registration is compulsory21: Description of property and maps or plans16: Register books and fire proof boxes22: Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys
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