Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 306

306. (1) Any officer who holds the degree of doctor of laws or equivalent qualification and either a warrant to practise as an advocate or a warrant to practise as a notary public and who performs duties in the Public Registry may exercise all or any of the functions which are under any provision of this Code or of any other law assigned to the Direct or of the Public Registry, and that law shall be construed accordingly. (2) In the exercise of any such function, the said officer shall have the same powers and the same obligations as are conferred or imposed upon the Director, without prejudice to the provisions of sub-article (4) of this article. (3) The words ‘signed by the Director’ or words to similar effect, with reference to certi ficates of civil status, shall b e taken to include any seal, emblem or signature made or processed by photographic means, by print or in any other form at the discretion of the Director as further authenticated by the signature of th e issuing officer authorised for the purpose by the Director. (4) The officers referred to in this article shall, in the exerc ise of their functions under this Code or any other law, be subject to the authority, direction and control of an Assistant Director s o delegated by the Director of the Public Registry and referred t o in this article as the Deputy Director: Provided that the exercise of the Deputy Director’s powers under this article shall be without prejudice to the overall au thority of the Director. (5) The Director of the Public Registry shall be the only competent person to represent in any capacity the Public Regist ry in any legal proceedings under this Code or any other law. BOOK SECOND OF THINGS CIVIL CODE [CAP. 16. 117 PART I OF RIGHTS OVER THINGS Title I OF THINGS AND THEIR DIFFERENT KINDS Movable or immovable property.