| (1) | The chief registrar of deeds shall, subject to the provisions of this Act or any other law— |
| (a) | act as chairperson and executive officer of— |
| (i) | the deeds registries regulations board referred to in section 9; and |
| (ii) | the sectional titles regulations board referred to in section 54 of the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (Act No. 95 of 1986); |
| (b) | develop, establish and maintain the electronic deeds registration system, as contemplated in section 2 of the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act, and maintain the current deeds registration system until fully replaced by the electronic deeds registration system; |
| (c) | exercise such supervision over all the deeds registries as may be necessary to bring about uniformity in their practice and procedure: Provided that the supervision includes the issuing of practice and procedure directives; |
| (d) | provide opinions in respect of matters referred for a reviewing process; |
| (e) | be accountable for the deeds registration system; |
| (f) | be accountable for the deeds registration information; and |
| (g) | be accountable for the storing of deeds and documents as contem-plated in section 2(1) of the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act. |
[Section 2C inserted by section 2 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]
