Appointment of officers

(1) Repealed. 15 (2) There shall be a Registrar of Lands responsible for administering the Land Registry, a deputy registrar of lands and as many assistant registrars of lands as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act. In the absence for whatever reason of the Registrar, the deputy registrar may exercise any of the powers vested in the Registrar by this Act. (3) The Registrar may in writing authorise the deputy registrar or any assistant registrar to exercise or to perform all or any of the powers or duties conferred on the Registrar by this Act or by any regulations made thereunder, and may at any time revoke or vary any such authorisation. (4) No authorisation by the Registrar pursuant to sub-section (3), shall be deemed to divest the Registrar of any of his powers or duties, and he may, if he thinks fit, exercise and perform all his powers or duties notwithstanding any such authorisation.