Section 31

Any register, instrument, index or other document maintained under the repealed Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 269, 1985 Revised Edition) must continue to be maintained under a corresponding provision of this Act or any of the rules.

Insofar as any entry in a register or instrument was made or other thing whatsoever was done under the repealed Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 269, 1985 Revised Edition), that entry or thing has effect as if made or done under a corresponding provision of this Act or any of the rules.

Any lease for a term exceeding 3 years but less than 7 years or any assignment thereof executed or made before 30 November 1988 and which was not registered under the repealed Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 269, 1985 Revised Edition) may, despite section 25 of this Act, be registered under this Act, and unless so registered is not admissible in any court as evidence of title to land.

Any written law or other document referring to the repealed Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 269, 1985 Revised Edition) is, as far as may be necessary for preserving its effect, to be construed as referring, or as including a reference, to this Act.

Nothing in this section is to be taken as prejudicing the operation of section 16 of the Interpretation Act 1965 (which relates to the effect of repeals).