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correct any folio of the Interim Register which he is satisfied is incorrect, whether due to the inclusion of land included in another folio, or the incorrect description of the parcels or boundaries of the holding comprised therein, or for any other reason;

correct any erroneous entry in the Interim Register;

or

add to the Interim Register any matter that has been erroneously omitted therefrom.

Any correction made under subsection (1) shall be made in such manner as to leave the erroneous matter legible, and shall be

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authenticated by the Director’s initials, together with the date on which the correction was made.

Where the folio of any holding has been erroneously opened in the Interim Register, the Director shall cancel such folio by an endorsement of the word “Cancelled” across the said folio and shall sign and date such endorsement and seal it with his seal:

Provided that the cancellation of any folio in relation to a holding which is deemed to be a single title within the meaning of the Land

Acquisition Act 1960 [Act 486], or any other holding erroneously opened in the Interim Register shall not affect the validity of any memorial or entry made therein since the appointed day.

Where any holding referred to in the proviso to subsection (3)

has been cancelled under the said subsection, the Director shall as soon as possible endorse in any folio subsequently opened in the

Interim Register for the said holding every memorial of registration or entry found in the cancelled folio.

A memorial endorsed or entry made in any folio of the

Interim Register pursuant to subsection (4) shall be deemed to be valid and effective against such holding.