Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937)RegulationsDeeds Registries Amendment Regulations, 2021Information (Reg 80) |
80.
| (1) | Where in any Registry access into strong rooms by any member of the public for the purpose of conducting any search is permitted, a Registrar shall have power to regulate during which hours such access may be allowed. A Registrar shall have power to refuse admission to any member of the public without assigning a reason for such refusal. |
| (2) | Where access to strong rooms is permitted, attorneys, notaries, conveyancers, surveyors, sheriffs or messengers of magistrates' courts, or such of their clerks as have received the approval of the Registrar, may inspect the records and registers, but other members of the public shall not be permitted such inspection unless under the personal supervision of a responsible officer: Provided that any document filed of record in the form of a microfilm reproduction of the original shall be made available for inspection only under the personal supervision of a responsible officer designated by the Registrar, and where information is required from any record stored in a computer, the Registrar shall as soon as conveniently possible furnish such information. |
[Regulation 80(2) substituted by regulation 24 of Notice No. R. 359 of 1982]