Section 34: Duty of Receiver on registration

34. Duty of Receiver on registration (1) Subject to this section, the Receiver shall, on receiving payment of the duty, register the deed or document and specify on it— (a) the time and date of registration; (b) the title number; (c) the amount of duty paid; (d) the signature of the Receiver; and (e) the barcode. (2) (a) For the purpose of subsection (1), the deed or document shall, subject to paragraph (b)— (i) be prepared, concluded and saved in the RDDS; or (ii) be scanned and saved in the RDDS. (b) Where, because of lack of facilities or in exceptional or unforeseen circumstances, it is not possible for the person to proceed in accordance with paragraph (a), the deed or document shall be presented to the Receiver who shall, at the time of presentation, scan and save it in the RDDS. (c) The Receiver shall, where a deed or document is saved in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b), cause an acknowledgement receipt to be generated by the RDDS which shall be forwarded to the person effecting payment through the RDDS or delivered to him in person. (3) (a) Where a deed or document is saved in the RDDS pursuant to subsection (2), the Receiver shall calculate the amount of duty or tax leviable on that deed or document and cause a notice of payment to be generated by the RDDS which shall be forwarded to the person through the RDDS or delivered to him in person. (b) Where a notice of payment— (i) is forwarded to a person through the RDDS, he shall effect payment through the RDDS or to the Receiver; or (ii) is delivered in person, the person shall effect payment in the same manner. (4) The Receiver shall, in respect of a deed or document, cancel the entries saved in the RDDS where the person concerned— (a) requests that the registration should not be proceeded with; or R15 – 18 (3) [Issue 7] Registration Duty Act (b) does not effect the necessary payment within 3 months of the date on which he receives the notice of payment under subsection (3) (b). (5) On payment of the amount of duty or tax leviable, the Receiver shall— (a) cause a receipt of the amount paid to be generated by the RDDS which shall be forwarded to the person effecting payment through the RDDS or be delivered to him in person; (b) register and record the deed or document saved in the RDDS, in the MIPD, and ensure that the particulars referred to in subsection (1) are set out on it. (6) The Receiver shall, after complying with subsection (5) (b), cause the deed or document to be forwarded to the person concerned through the RDDS or delivered to him in person. (7) The deed or document forwarded or delivered under subsection (6) shall constitute proof of registration. (8) Where a deed or document is scanned and, the registered copy thereof is saved in the RDDS pursuant to subsection (2) (a) (ii), the document shall be scanned in— (a) Portable Document Format (PDP); (b) 300 dots per inch (DPI) Image Resolution; and (c) text-searchable format by applying Optical Character Recognition (OCR). [S. 34 amended by s. 27 (13) (b) of Act 33 of 2004 w.e.f. 1 July 2006; s. 4 (k) of Act 4 of 2006 w.e.f. of 2 October 2004; repealed and replaced by s. 20 (d) of Act 26 of 2013 w.e.f. 19 May 2014; s. 44 (e) of Act 9 of 2015 w.e.f. 14 May 2015 and 2 July 2015.]