File books, receipt, etc

(1) Any person who desires to record a deed under this Part shall present the original deed and a true copy thereof to the (2) The Registrar shall– (a) immediately upon any deed being presented to him for recording, make an entry of the presentation of it in a book to be by him constantly kept in his office, and to be entitled “File Book of Deeds, etc.”; (b) sign and give a receipt to the person presenting the deed; (c) give a receipt for the money paid for (d) immediately underwrite or indorse upon such deed and the copy thereof the day and hour when it was presented to him for recording as aforesaid; (e) if he is satisfied that the copy presented is a true copy of the original, and that the deed otherwise complies with the provisions of this Act or any other Act, file and keep the copy as a record; and (f) after recording the copy, return the deed to the person presenting it. 48 (3) If any deed presented for recording is in a foreign language, the copy shall be in both that language and the English language. (4) All deeds recorded during any calendar year shall be bound together in one or more volumes consecutively as regards the dates when they were recorded, and the volumes thereof, if more than one, shall be marked “Volume of 19-” or “Volume of 20-” and so on according to the number of volumes for the year, the folios of the said volume or volumes being numbered consecutively commencing from the figure “1”.