Section 47

Every mortgage, charge or lease lodged for registration shall be accompanied by a copy thereof which shall be plainly marked “duplicate” and shall contain a certificate by a credible person that it has been carefully compared with the original and found to be a true copy thereof.

Upon registration of the mortgage, charge or lease, the Registrar shall endorse upon the duplicate so certified a statement that the original has been registered, but such a statement shall not be taken to involve the Registrar in liability for any inaccuracy which may exist in any such duplicate.

In the absence of any express agreement to the contrary, the mortgagee, the chargee and the lessee shall be entitled to custody of the duplicate of a registered mortgage, charge or lease, respectively.[43