Section 29

The Registrar shall not register any instrument purporting to transfer or otherwise to deal with or affect registered land except in the manner herein provided, nor unless the instrument is substantially in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

The Registrar shall not enter in the register a notification of any transaction the legal effect of which is personal only or which does not create a recognised interest in land.

The Registrar shall not register as proprietor any person or body other than a natural person, or a corporation, or a foreign state in the name of that state, or a body expressly empowered by statute to hold land.

The Registrar is not bound to register any instrument unless the fees prescribed in respect thereof have been paid.[25