THE work of the Deeds Registry in Guyana is expected to become more efficient with the provision of several new cubicles and accessories that were recently approved by Cabinet.

A contract worth $26.4M received Cabinet’s no-objection, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon reported recently.

The purpose of the Deeds Registry is to efficiently and expeditiously administer the laws enacted by Parliament affecting land, whether by way of transport, land registration, leases, mortgages, or by any other alienation thereof. The registry is also expected to administer laws relating to trade marks, patents, copyrights, trade unions, companies, partnerships, business names, powers of attorney, contracts, and other deeds; and to take in revenue occasioned by the filing and registration of the various documents which are recorded in the Deeds Registry.

Members of staff of the Deeds Registry are required, after a period of three years, to be trained as Sworn Clerks and Notaries Public, in order that they may carry out the several legal requirements of the various statutes with which they have to deal.

The department consists of five sections, namely Notarial Section, Conveyance Section, Land Registry Section, Accounts Section and the Sub-Registry.