(1)If upon the application of any owner or proprietor to have land brought under the operation of this Act, or to have any dealing registered or recorded, or to have any certificate of title or other document issued, or to have any act or duty done or performed which by this Act is required to be done or performed by the Registrar, the Registrar refuses so to do, or if the owner or proprietor is dissatisfied with any decision of the Registrar upon his or her application, the owner or proprietor may require the Registrar to set forth in writing under his or her hand the grounds of his or her refusal or decision, and the owner or proprietor may, if he or she thinks fit, at his or her own cost summon the Registrar to appear before the High Court to substantiate and uphold those grounds.

(2)The summons under subsection (1) shall be served upon the Registrar six clear days at least before the day appointed for hearing the complaint of the owner or proprietor.

(3)Upon such hearing, the Registrar shall have the right of reply; and the High Court may, if any question of fact is involved, direct an issue to be tried to decide the fact; and thereafter the High Court shall make such order in the premises as the circumstances of the case require, and such order as to payment of costs and fees as to it shall seem fit; and the Registrar shall obey that order.