Power to remedy omission to Register
10 Power to remedy omission to Register
Where owing to circumstances which the Registrar-General or a Deputy Registrar-General is satisfied were beyond the control of the person for whose benefit the registration, if effected, would have operated, any document, which is required by any law in force in the Territory to be registered within a specified time, has not been registered within that time, the Registrar-General or a Deputy Registrar-General may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law in force in the Territory:
by endorsement on the document extend for such time as he or she thinks fit the time for the registration of the document; and
register the document within the time so extended.
The time prescribed by any law in force in the Territory for registering any document may be extended under this section although the time has expired.
A document registered under this section, which but for this section would not have been valid as regards registration or capable of registration, shall be as valid and effectual as regards registration as if it had been registered within the time specified in any law, other than this Act, in force in the Territory.
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