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| (1) Any instrument accepted by the Registrar of Title shall be retained in the Title Registry for as long as it supports a current entry in the register and for ten years thereafter. |
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| (2) Where an entry in the register pertaining to title or an interest in a land parcel has been superseded or has ceased to have effect, the Registrar of Title shall make a note to that effect in the Register against such entry. |
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| (3) On the expiry of ten years after an entry in the register pertaining to title or an interest in a land parcel has been, superseded or has ceased to have effect, the Registrar of Title shall destroy in the prescribed manner any instrument which supported the entry and make an entry to that effect in the Register. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts