Registration of Deeds Act 1935

Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act –

the Registrar or the Deputy-Registrar may – himself attach a facsimile of his signature; or authorize any person employed in the Registry to attach a facsimile of the signature of the Registrar or Deputy-Registrar – to any memorial, certificate, receipt, endorsement, entry, memorandum, survey plan, or other document or writing, or any duplicate thereof, and the facsimile so attached has the same force and effect as if the Registrar or Deputy-Registrar, as the case may be, had personally signed the memorial, certificate, receipt, endorsement, entry, memorandum, survey plan, document, writing, or duplicate thereof; and a memorial, certificate, receipt, endorsement, entry, memorandum, survey plan, document, writing, or duplicate thereof bearing a facsimile of the signature of the Registrar or Deputy-Registrar shall be received as evidence that the facsimile was attached by the Registrar or Deputy-Registrar as his signature or by a person authorized by the Registrar or Deputy-Registrar to do so, unless the contrary is shown.