Section 294
Documents to accompany instruments so presented
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
Every instrument presented for registration under this
Part—
(a)
shall consist of a single original duly stamped in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Act 1949 [Act 378], and
(b)
where it is a lease, sublease or charge, shall, subject to subsection (4), be accompanied by a duplicate thereof, plainly marked as such, certified as a true copy of the original by one of the officers or other persons specified in the Fifth Schedule, and duly stamped in accordance with the said provisions.
(2)
Subject to subsection (4), every such instrument, in addition to being accompanied by any duplicate which may be required under paragraph (1)(b), shall be accompanied by such of the documents required in connection with its registration as are specified in the following paragraphs:
(a)
the document or documents on which, under section 306, a copy of the memorial of registration is required to be made;
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(b)
in the case of a surrender of any lease or sublease, or a discharge of any charge, the duplicate of that lease, sublease or charge; and
(c)
in the case of any certificate of sale given under subsection 259(3), the duplicate of the charge for the breach of which the sale was effected.
(3)
Subject to subsection (4)—
(a)
any instrument so presented which has been executed on behalf of any person or body under a power of attorney shall be accompanied by the supporting document or documents required by section 309; and
(b)
any instrument so presented which has been executed by a management corporation under the powers conferred under the Strata Titles Act 1985 shall be accompanied by the relevant document required under the appropriate provision of that Act.
(4)
The fact that any instrument is not accompanied by the documents required by this section shall not be a bar to its entry in the Presentation Book, but, as provided in Chapter 2, the instrument shall not be registered until the missing documents have been produced or, in the case of any of the documents specified in subsection (2), their production has been dispensed with.