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369Power of applicant to summon Registrar to show cause if dissatisfied
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369 Power of applicant to summon Registrar to show cause if dissatisfied
S. 369(1) amended by No. 33/2018 s. 93.
(1) If such applicant is dissatisfied with the refusal of the Registrar it shall be lawful for him to require the Registrar to set forth in writing the grounds of his refusal and he may if he thinks fit at his own cost summon the Registrar to appear before the Court to substantiate and uphold the grounds of such refusal as aforesaid, such summons to be issued by a judge of the Court, and to be served upon the Registrar six clear days at least before the day appointed for hearing the complaint of such applicant.
S. 369(2) amended by No. 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 44).
(2) Upon such hearing the Registrar or his legal practitioner shall have the right of reply, and the Court may if any question of fact be involved direct an issue to be tried to decide such fact, and the Court shall make such order in the premises as the circumstances of the case require and the Registrar shall obey such order and the Court may make such order as to the costs and expenses of and attending upon such summons or proceedings as it deems just, and all costs and expenses to be paid by the Registrar under such order shall be paid out of the Assurance Fund existing in connexion with the **Transfer of Land Act 1958**.
No. 3709 s. 325.