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The Laws of Fiji
Last Updated: 1 August 2020

[LT 27] Substitution for lost or defaced instrument27 

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(1) Where the Registrar is satisfied that any original instrument of title in the register has been lost or destroyed or has become defaced or illegible he or she may cause another instrument to be prepared and to be endorsed with all the entries made on the original instrument so far as can be ascertained from the records on the register and from an inspection of the duplicate or such other evidence as may be available as to the contents of the original.
(2) When the Registrar has caused a new instrument of title to be prepared in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) he or she shall cause to be made and sign a memorandum on such instrument stating that it is a substitute instrument to be used in place of the original and showing what has become of the original so far as is known to him or her and, on and after the date of such signature, the substitute shall be bound in the register book and used in place of the original for the purpose of all dealings.