Certain documents invalid unless recorded in a certain time

No deed executed after 14th December, 1888, shall have any validity or effect unless it is lodged for record in the office of the Registrar, within one month after the date thereof if executed within Belize, and within three months after the date thereof if executed out of Belize, Provided that– (a) the Chief justice may, in his discretion, in any particular case, extend the time for lodging such document for record, upon such terms and conditions as he may judge reasonable, if 42 satisfied upon petition filed in the Supreme Court and evidence given thereon by affidavit or otherwise that the failure to lodge such document within the time specified in this section was un-avoidable or arose from no negligence, and that no person is likely to be injured or prejudiced by such extension of time; CAP. 147. R.E. 1980-1990. CAP. 191. (b) all entries in the crown lands books and certified duplicates or certified copies thereof, and all certified duplicates of plans, under the Crown Lands Act or the National Lands Act, and all titles, transfers and other entries in the books of the Belize Lands Titles’ Registry and certificates thereof by the Registrar under any law in force immediately the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed duly recorded for all purposes, and no further recording thereof under this Part shall be (c) in the case of a series of debentures in identical terms issued by a company creating a charge on its real estate, it shall be sufficient to record under this section one of such series, together with a statement of the numbers and amounts secured of the remaining debentures, and the names and addresses of the holders thereof. time.