Mining Titles Registration Act, 1967 (Act No. 16 of 1967)

Chapter X : Miscellaneous

64. Substituted copy of lost deed supersedes original which must be surrendered on recovery

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(1) If a copy of a registered deed or other document has been issued in the manner prescribed by regulation, in substitution for 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 contemplated in subsection (1) is subsequently found, such deed or other document shall be delivered or transmitted immediately to the Director-General.

[Section 64(2) substituted by section 47(a) of Act No. 24 of 2003]

 

(3) When any deed or other document which has become void as contemplated in subsection (1) is delivered or transmitted to the Director-General, he or she shall impound it for filing in his or her office after having made an endorsement thereon that it has become void.

[Section 64(3) substituted by section 47(b) of Act No. 24 of 2003]