An entry made by the Registrar-General under section 126 of the Real Property Act 1886 (SA) noting a re-entry is effective to determine a lessee's estate at law, but does not extinguish the lessee's right to challenge the entry where the underlying re-entry was invalid. The Court has power under section 64 to direct cancellation of such entries, subject to the indefeasibility principle protecting bona fide purchasers for value. The Privy Council's obiter in Laffer v Gillen (1927) 40 CLR 86 suggesting that the validity of a re-entry cannot be questioned once noted in the Register Book is not binding and was not followed.
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