Clerks of court, ex officio deputies of the General Land Registration Office.
Section 18
SEC. 18. Clerks of court, ex officio deputies of the General Land Registration Office.—In the respective provinces, the clerks of the Courts of First Instance shall be ex officio deputies of the chief of the General Land Registration Office in all registration cases, and as such they shall— (a) Have the custody and control, under the direction of-records-the judge of the Court of First Instance, of the original records of all registration cases filed in their respective offices in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and shall number the same in chronological order and keep a record of them. (b) Attend in person or through deputies the court sessions in all hearings of registration cases and keep minutes of said hearings. (c) Collect and receive the fees at present paid to the clerk of the Court of Land Registration in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six as amended by Acts Numbered Eleven hundred and eight and Sixteen hundred and forty-eight, and dispose of said fees in the manner provided in the Accounting Act. (d) Perform all duties of the clerk of the court in relation of judicial tion to all registration cases from the time of the first publication, in each case, for the hearing, until final decision by the court, and issue during such time, under the seal of the court, all necessary notices, summonses, and subpoenas, and make also the necessary certificates: Provided, however, That this section shall not apply to the city of Manila. (e) Perform the duties assigned to the chief of the General Land Registration Office in subsection (c) of section fifteen of this Act.