Section 299
Procedure in absence of other documents
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
ActIn forceProvision 286 of 391
Section 299
(1)
Where any instrument is fit for registration, but is not accompanied by any document required to be submitted therewith by subsection 294(2), the Registrar shall make such enquiries with respect to the missing document, and take such action for securing its production, as he may consider appropriate in the circumstances of the case, and thereafter—
(a)
if the document is produced, or he is satisfied that its production ought to be dispensed with, register the instrument;
(b)
in any other case, reject it.
(2)
The provisions of subsection 298(4) shall apply on the rejection of any instrument pursuant to this section as they apply in cases of rejection under that section.