Instrument of acknowledgment may be filed with Registrar

(1) Any instrument of the kind described in section 38 (2) of this Act, or a duplicate or attested copy of any such instrument, may in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee (if any) be filed in the office of the Registrar, but the validity or effect of such an instrument shall not be affected by the failure to file it in the office of the 31 (2) The Registrar General shall cause indices of all instruments and duplicates and copies of instruments filed with him under subsection (1) of this section to be made and kept in his office, and shall, upon the request of any person who, in the opinion of the Registrar General, has a proper interest in the matter, cause a search of any index to be made, and shall permit any such person to inspect any such duplicates or copies. (3) Where the Family Court or a magistrates court makes an affiliation order, the Clerk of Court shall cause a copy of the declaration and also a copy of any such order of the court to be filed in his office under this section as if such declaration or order were an instrument of the kind described in section 38 (2) of this Act.