8Facsimile signature of Recorder or Deputy Recorder, &c.

8 Facsimile signature of Recorder or Deputy Recorder, &c.

[Section 8 Amended by No. 48 of 1990, s. 8 ][Section 8 Amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 23, Applied:01 Jan 2022] Whenever it is required or permitted by this or any other Act that the Recorder, the Deputy Recorder or an Assistant Recorder of Titles sign any document, memorial, recording, certificate, endorsement, or plan, the Recorder, Deputy Recorder or an Assistant Recorder may –

(a) [Section 8 Amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 23, Applied:01 Jan 2022] attach; or

(b) authorize an officer to attach –

a facsimile of the signature of the Recorder, Deputy Recorder or Assistant Recorder of Titles, respectively, to the document, memorial, recording, certificate, endorsement, or plan and the facsimile so attached has the same force and effect as if the Recorder, Deputy Recorder or an Assistant Recorder, as the case may be, had personally signed the Recorder’s, Deputy Recorder’s or Assistant Recorder of Titles’ name in the place of the facsimile signature, and all courts and judges shall take judicial notice of the facsimile signature of the Recorder, Deputy Recorder and Assistant Recorder and shall presume that it was properly attached.