Section 195
Additional powers of Registrar
Every Registrar in addition to the powers hereinbefore vested in him may exercise all or any of the powers following, that is to say⎯
(a)
he may by notice require any person, having in his possession or control any grant, lease or other instrument upon which any memorial or entry is required to be endorsed for the purposes of this Code, to produce that instrument within a reasonable time to be fixed by the notice and to deposit it with the
Registrar for such time as may be necessary for the making of that endorsement or entry;
(b)
he may, if in his opinion any document of title has become worn, defaced or mutilated so as to justify his so doing, require the holder of that document to surrender it for cancellation and upon cancellation a new document of title shall be issued to the person entitled thereto upon payment of the prescribed fee:
Provided that the Registrar may at his discretion remit that fee, except in case of wilful defacement or mutilation of any instrument;
(c)
he may administer oaths or may take a statutory declaration in lieu of administering an oath.
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