13Defective documents

13 Defective documents (1) If the registrar-general is of the opinion that a document submitted for lodgment with the registrar-general— (a) contains matter contrary to law; or (b) contains matter that is, in a material particular, false or misleading in the form or context in which it appears; or (c) has not been duly completed because of an omission or misdescription; or (d) does not comply with this Act; or

Administration Part 2 (e) contains an error, alteration or erasure; the registrar-general may refuse to receive or register the document and may require— (f) that the document be appropriately amended or completed and resubmitted; or (g) that another document be lodged in place of the defective document; or (h) if the document has not been duly completed—that a supplementary document be lodged. (2) The registrar-general may require a person who submits a document for lodgment with the registrar-general to give the registrar-general any other document or further information that the registrar-general thinks necessary in order to form an opinion whether the registrar- general may refuse to receive or register the document.