139Correction of errors

139 Correction of errors

(1)  [Section 139 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 116, Applied:01 Jan 2022] Subject to subsection (2) and upon such evidence as appears to the Recorder sufficient, the Recorder may correct errors or supply omissions in the Register or in any instrument or duplicate registered dealing, and may call in any certificate of title, grant, or duplicate registered dealing for that purpose.

(2)  When the Recorder makes an alteration pursuant to subsection (1)  –

(a) [Section 139 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 116, Applied:01 Jan 2022] the Recorder shall, except as may be otherwise prescribed, authenticate the alteration and record the date of the alteration, and preserve a record of the matter which has been altered;

(b) the alteration does not prejudice or affect a right accrued from a recording made in the Register pursuant to a dealing lodged before the alteration; and

(c) subject to paragraph (b) , the Register, instrument, or duplicate registered dealing shall, as so altered, have the same validity and effect as it would have had if the error or omission had not occurred.