s 27 Disposal of documents
(1) Subject to paragraph 26(3)(b) and to the following subsections, the issue document of title delivered pursuant to section 24 shall be retained by the proper registering authority and disposed of in such a manner as may be provided by rules made under section 69. (2) Where an issue document of title delivered pursuant to section 24 relates to land which has not been acquired as well as to land which has been acquired, the proper registering authority shall make an endorsement indicating that it has been cancelled in so far as it relates to the land which has been acquired and shall then return it to the person who delivered it. (3) Where an issue document of title delivered pursuant to section 24 (not being an issue document of title of the kind mention in subsection (2)) is of historic or other interest to the person who delivered it, that person may apply in writing to the proper registering authority for the return of the issue document of title; and the proper registering authority shall, after cancelling the issue document of title in the manner provided by rules made under section 69 or, where no manner of cancellation is so provided, in whatever manner he thinks suitable, return it to the applicant.