Section 35 of Registration of Documents Act CAP 285: Appeal from Principal Registrar to Court

(1) When the Principal Registrar—
(a) has refused to register a document presented to him for registration or has cancelled the registration of any such document; or
(b) has, pursuant to section 34, refused to direct a registrar to register a document or to re-register a document the registration whereof such registrar has cancelled, any person claiming under such a document, or his representative, assignee or agent, may, within thirty days after the making of the order of refusal pursuant to section 32 or of the order of cancellation pursuant to section 33, institute in the High Court a suit for a decree directing that the document be registered or re-registered, as the case may be, in such office, and, notwithstanding anything in this Act, the document shall be receivable as evidence in such suit.
(2) The High Court may remit or reduce any of the prescribed fees in special cases for reasons to be recorded.

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